Should people with albinism be stigmatized and persecuted for a genetic condition?

What is Albinism? Albinism is a genetic condition that occurs in all peoples of the world. Most children with albinism are born from parents with normal hair and eye colour.

Fashion model Connie Chiu is Chinese
From Shading a positive light on beauty and albinism

ADD (Action on Disability and Development) says albinism causes the following problems:

Poor Vision People with albinism always have vision problems that are not correctable with eyeglasses and many have poor vision. It's the abnormal development of the retina and abnormal patterns of nerve connections between the eye and the brain that cause vision problems.

Fashion model Diandra Forrest
 is African American
From Shading a positive light on beauty and albinism

Fashion model Stephen Thompson is American
Ffrom Shading a positive light on beauty and albinism

Skin The skin of people with albinism is very delicate and irritable when exposed to the sun. It's common to develop skin cancer, so it's important to keep in the shade or use appropriate sunscreen lotions.

8 Myths About Albinism

1. The homes of people with albinism are cursed.
2. A child with albinism is a demon or a godly curse for wrongdoing by the family.
3. Children with albinism were produced because the ghost of a colonialist impregnated their mother.
4. People with albinism don't die they are super-human beings who simply disappear.
5. A person may encounter bad luck if they touch the skin of a person with albinism.
6. Some men assume that their wife must have had an affair with a white man.
7. Concoctions made from body parts of persons with albinism can make one rich.
8. Having unprotected sex with a woman with albinism will cure HIV.

A summary of article 8 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of PWDs says: "Countries must challenge stereotypes and prejudices relating to people with disabilities".

This kind of prejudice shames everyone. Don't accept it.