Racism

Articles

• Spanish Police Chief Faces Racist Backlash Over Moroccan Heritage
  15 January, by Sylvanus

  In Spain, the new national police commissioner in Jaén, Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed, is the target of a racist campaign due to her Moroccan origins.
  "Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed is the target of a vile racist campaign by Spaniards who have not accepted the appointment of this woman to a senior position within the National Police." On the web, the comments are pouring in. "Your leaders are also high treason collaborators and will be tried when the time comes, failed mercenaries," can be read (…)

• Korean TV Show Sparks Controversy Over Cultural Clash in Morocco
  12 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  The filming of an episode of the cooking TV series "CEO Baek" by famous South Korean chef Baek Jong Won took place in Morocco. But it soon sparked a debate on racism and mockery between Moroccans and Koreans.
  In Morocco, the production team set up a stand in a night market. The show attracted a huge crowd. On the menu: bulgogi, bulgogi hamburgers and galbitang, beef meat. No pork of course. While the show was going well and the service was going normally, the light suddenly went out, (…)

• Paris Remembers Brahim Bouarram, Victim of Far-Right Violence 27 Years Ago
  1 May 2022, by Said

  On May 1, 1995, just a few days before the second round of the presidential election, a young Moroccan, Brahim Bouarram, was thrown into the Seine by far-right militants.
  The main accused, aged 19 at the time, had been sentenced three years later to 8 years in prison. Three other people who were in his company had, for their part, received a one-year prison sentence for "failure to assist a person in danger".
  Despite the presence of the four individuals at the National Front parade, the (…)

• Moroccan Star’s Blackface Post Sparks Backlash Amid George Floyd Protests
  7 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan actress and singer Mariam Hussein’s blackface in support of the anti-racism protests in the United States and elsewhere has provoked the anger of Internet users.
  While Mariam had smeared her face black to protest the death of African-American George Floyd during a police check in Minneapolis on May 25, she has set the web on fire.
  The photo of her that she posted on Instagram has sparked outrage. Some Internet users have criticized the Moroccan star for not having grasped the (…)

• TF1 Anchor Allegedly Blocks Report Featuring Hijab-Wearing Woman, Sparks Controversy
  21 February 2019, by Said

  The presenter of the TF1 television news, Jean-Pierre Pernaut, is said to have refused to broadcast in the 1 p.m. edition a report in which a woman wearing a headscarf appears.
  The revelation was made by the Canard Enchaîné, which claims that the journalist categorically refused to broadcast the report. "There will be no veiled women in my news!" Jean-Pierre Pernaut is said to have told his team.
  "For his TF1 news, Jean-Pierre Pernaut notes that a report is devoted to the draft law (…)

• Moroccan TV Network Reprimanded for Controversial Racial Sketch on Comedy Show
  3 March 2019, by Amine

  The sketch by Abdellah Elberkaoui, in Stand Up, which had sparked a lively controversy on social networks due to its alleged racism, has just earned the SNRT a reprimand from the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) through a decision of the Superior Council for Audiovisual Communication (CSCA): a warning and an obligation to notify the Council’s decision and to publish it in the official bulletin.
  Abdellah Elberkaoui, who during a sketch where he was impersonating a (…)

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  15 February 2021, by Sylvanus
• Etam Pledges Non-Discrimination in Hiring Amid Islamophobia Claims
  15 March 2019, by Amine

  Etam promises to raise awareness among its teams on the need not to have a discriminatory position when it comes to hiring personnel. This comes following accusations of Islamophobia made by a young veiled woman against the brand.
  The brand has just promised to raise awareness among its teams to avoid any discriminatory approach in its recruitment process. However, it should be noted that hiring is not keeping. The brand can still ask hypothetical veiled employees to remove the veil. (…)

• Moroccan MP Faces Backlash Over Past Anti-Amazigh Comments
  19 March 2019, by Amine

  A few years ago, the PJD deputy Abouzaid El Mokrie El Idrissi had the very bad idea of making a joke about the alleged stinginess of the Amazighs, especially those from the Souss, without even naming them. It’s to say that there was no need, the prejudice is so common. Thus, he had said (and there is a video) that in Morocco "we have merchants who are known for their great stinginess and who belong to a very specific race, which I will not mention so as not to be accused of racism". The fact (…)