Actually, I'll be the Bitter Black Betty and say it out loud: this isn't just Israel's cruelty. There were still people with an enslaved Black woman that saw her life as worth so little that when it came down to it, they were willing to take an active role in her death- not just passively abandoning her to the bombs, but locking her in the house. Hawa's death is not on the Zionist entity alone. Antiblackness in the midst of something so horrible should let you know just how bad it gets.
I was too nervous to say anything, but this has given me some confidence.
In the original french tweet it's mentioned "elle travaillait comme une esclave", there are a few ways to interpret this but none of them are good and i dont think the english quote tweet emphasises this.
You could either interpret this as "she worked LIKE a slave" or she worked AS a slave", Based on the og tweet, it seems that her "employers" may not be the best descriptor of whoever she was working for. These people were cruel enough to leave her to die alone and I dont know why the english tweet chose the word employer im sorry
Quick correction, it states "elle travaillait comme esclave", no "une". There is only one interpretation of that statement. She worked as a slave, not like one. This is the reality of the Kaffala system.
If you are concerned for the rights and well-being of domestic workers in Lebanon, please support This Is Lebanon, an organization run by former domestic workers in Lebanon as well as Lebanese nationals, dedicated to naming and shaming this kind of horrendous mistreatment, and - frequently - anti-black violence.
