Activists on social media in Sudan circulated videos of protesters in the area of \u201cDalagu,\u201d in the Northern state demonstrating against a plan to house displaced persons from Darfur and Kordofan in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The controversy spilled over onto social media platforms in Sudan, where one of the speakers at the protest described their area as a \u201cBlessed land walked upon by Prophets,\u201d adding a phrase many -rightfully- considered to be racist: \u201cHow can we accept people who are not like us, whether culturally, from a civilizational perspective, or in terms of social fabric, to live alongside us -in the same place?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Activists opposed to the protest commented using the hashtag #Sudan_is_for_everyone, arguing that the language of \u201cThey\u2019re not like us\u201d is the same language that previously led to the country\u2019s fragmentation. One activist shared on the (X) platform: \u201cIt is rather unfortunate that the painful reality of displacement is being met with exclusionary rhetoric within our own country\u2026 This threatens what remains of our social bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Activists on social media in Sudan circulated videos of protesters in the area of \u201cDalagu,\u201d in the Northern state demonstrating against a plan to house displaced persons from Darfur and Kordofan in the region. The controversy spilled over onto social media platforms in Sudan, where one of the speakers at the protest described their area as a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":162905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n