9. Iraq
Percent of respondents who don’t want people from a different race as neighbors: 27.7%
Racism ranking based on this criteria: 17
Percent of people who observed racist behavior in their neighborhood: 37.7%
Racism ranking based on this criteria: 18
Average rank: 17.5
Overall rank among Asian countries: 9
According to Al-monitor, media portal which focuses on the issues in the Middle East, a small black community of 1.5 million members have suffered discrimination for decades in Iraq. Although racism has been prohibited under country’s law since 1921, black Iraqis are excluded from political and social life. They are also marginalized by media. Moreover, in 2013, Jalal Diab, the founder of Free Iraqi Movement, the organization which represented a black minority, was assassinated.
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