(1) Bad Luck
(2) Good Luck
Sometimes, good luck for others can be bad luck for you, especially when you live on a continent that is rife with indigenous practices that often look upon witchcraft as a common practice. Albinos have been kidnapped, mutilated and often killed for body parts to be used in indigenous rituals and witchcraft.
It's so different from America, where albinos, while often suffering ridicule or harassment, usually don't suffer such horrific crimes. When was the last time you heard about an albino person's body found in a ditch with body parts missing? The following is a quote from this article that I think shows this significance:
"Under the Same Sun, an advocacy and education group, estimated that 71 people with albinism were killed in Tanzania between 2006 and 2012, while 31 survived machete attacks. In June this year the body of a man was discovered with several of his body parts missing."
It truly is sad that most people really can't see past the color of skin. Albinism is a condition. In grade school, there was a girl who was albino. I admit I stared, but it was because I didn't understand why her hair was bright white, and her skin translucent ( we were 8). But no one I knew picked on her or harassed. I feel for that girl, and I do hope she has found somewhere where she can be accepted.
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