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Afghanistan

Imagine there was a country where black people are discriminated against.
A place where they got told how to dress and got beaten if they dressed 'improperly'. They have to cover their faces in cloth.

They have to work in separate rooms to white people. They are not allowed to visit public places at night or wear colorful clothes in public. They are not allowed to work with foreign nongovernmental organizations and they are banned from driving cars.

They are also not allowed to organize on their own.

Don't you think that the Western world would condemn this and act out against a country like this? Well, maybe not if this country does not possess lots of oil or diamonds or have the potential to be a security risk. Anyway....

Many of the Taliban-era restrictions are still in place. In some places and under certain leaders the above 'laws' still apply are are enforced on the Afghan woman.

Is there a difference between sexism and racism? I think not much.

The Afghan woman is still under the rule of her husband and state, with or without the Taliban.