Tuesday, April 21, 2015

White People must Speak Up !!

White people must speak up and must never ignore racism. If you see a racist action or you hear a racist comment and you say nothing, it means you agree. It's the inaction that's always destroyed other people and nations. Black people must stop blaming everything that is wrong on white people. White people must stop being so defensive, stop rationalising and take some damned responsibility. All people are members of the human race. The system we now have is not geared up to empower the minorities, just as the previous system was not geared up to empower the majority. That is the first step we can take in fixing the problem. How can we have a non-racist society when there are still laws in place in our country that not only make it OK to be racist, but entrench it, and give it a legal foundation? Together, all of us can change this. We must speak up. We must vote with some intelligence. We must demand legislation and policies that fights against disadvantaging one group of people from others.

Let us start taking some fucking responsibility for where we are today and never, ever ignore any form of racism, not ever. We can make a difference if we speak up, speak out and take some responsibility instead of hanging our heads in shame. What is going on in our country today is shameful for all of us. More than 40 years ago, Steve Biko said that the most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. I can now say the same. We will never be treated equal as long as we swallow the propaganda that Whites are the scum of Africa. Speak up, speak out – stop any form of racism you witness. We are all here in the same South African boat. We can continue letting the rot set in, putting holes into our boat, or we can do the maintenance, we can take the responsibility and we can steer this ship in the direction it needs to go. A ship is only as good as its captain. Something is not right and we must speak out.

The people will liberate themselves. Let us all be part of the solution instead of the problem. I want to feel that same feeling of pride in my country that I felt that day when Nelson Mandela walked onto the rugby field.

I want to feel like that again about my land, the country of my birth – South Africa. Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika.