Good day noble
sons and daughters of the soil. The time you have taken to view and comment on
my last blog is immensely appreciated. Today I look to express myself on who
stands to benefit from the system and my personal experiences as a ‘black’ commuter
in a black and white South Africa.
Ever noticed
how the community today shuns away from discussing matters of race and colour, how
when a black person is said to be to racial conscious?
Well my most
recent adventure (if I may call it) is to write and talk about race, a lot. I believe
it permeates every facet in my life.
No matter what
I do, l no matter where I go I can never change the fact that I am black, even
if I wanted to, I just can never escape being black! I have always been race
conscious, known who I am and where I stand in the community, however I attribute
a lot of my change to the Oscar Pistorius. I saw not only controversy when the
trial unfolded but I also saw how race, money and status can do for one. From that
moment on, my world was shaken and I became almost hyper sensitive towards race.
Remember Molemo Maarohanye? I will leave it there.
I have
learnt quiet a lot about race in South Africa, to an extent that no degree of
success can protect a black man from racial woes, whereas white people stand to
benefit from wealth and access to privileges that are far more great. Truth is
that a black man in South Africa is inescapable.
A black man
in South Africa is expected to be the one to thrive and make amends, regardless
of the fact that we were the once who were offended, the Freedom Charter is a
perfect example.
Black South
Africans declared:
- South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black or white and no government can justly claim authority unless it bases on the will of all the people
- That our people have been robbed of their birth right to land, liberty and peace by a form of government founded on injustice and inequality.
- That our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying equal rights and opportunities. At the time it was more like agreeing to sleep with the enemy.
Are we today
enjoying the same equal right and opportunities?
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