>you can find all kind of
>>origins (arabs, berberians, black descendents of slaves,
>>jews, spanishs, portugueses).
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>not all the blacks are descendants of slaves, and not all
>"pale" muslims in north africa are descendants of free men
>and women.
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>i know arabs, especially in egypt and morrocco, like to
>think and refer to darker skinned people as slaves and such
>but thats just racist, it has very little to do with
>historical facts.

Yes of course you're right. This is not what I meant I'm not so manicheist :) there were white slaves too. But in countries like Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia you cannot speak about history and culture without forgetting the weight of slavery.