The daughter of the former Emir of Kano, Shahida Sanusi has shared her experience of racism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Shahida’s father, Muhammadu Sanusi II was the 14th Emir of Kano before he was dethroned by the government of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
In a question and answer session with her followers on Monday, the mother of three admitted that Arabs are racist, adding that she has even experienced racism in the mosque.
According to her, the gateman attached to their house was racist towards them and wouldn’t answer when they greet him.
“To be honest, they are are. Yes. I have but it mostly had to do with my daughter. )personally don’t go out much or interact with them enough to know) But definitely have experienced racism even in the mosque and the playground in front of our house. Even my daughter’s school she was one of the only black kids so at first I didn’t think it was racism. I realised later on,” she said.
“Oh wait, even our ‘Haris’ like the gate man was racist to us when we first came. He wouldn’t even answer salam. It was insane.” she added.