Mzansians

Written by cnhlanhla from the blog Survival in SA on 13 Mar 2008
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HI FOLKS

I AM WRITING THIS ARTICLE WITH GREAT SADNESS, BUT I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO SAY HAIKONA KANTI WHAT’S HAPPENING? TO START WITH, THE WHOLE WORLD IS FACING CRISIS LIKE GLOBAL WARMING, HIV & AIDS etc. ON ADDITION TO THIS SOUTH AFRICA IS ALSO FACING CRISIS LIKE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, PRICES OF EVERYTHING GOING UP ( e.g. bread, petrol, taxis…… u name them), CRIME, POWER CUTS AND………..U AND I KNOW THE REST.

WHAT I’M COMING TO IS THAT WE SHOULD BE STANDING TOGETHER AS A NATION FIGHTING AND OR FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE ABOVE, BUT NO THINA SIYA SUKA WE ARE NOW GOING BACK TO RACISM STUFF. I MEAN ALL THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT LATELY IS HOW SO AND SO HAD TREATED SO AND SO BADLY BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY ARE OF BETTER RACE THEN THE REST.

THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT DROVE ME INTO WRITING THIS ARTICLE AND I HAD MYSELF SINGING LETTA MBULU’S NOT YET UHURU.

1. A BOY WHO WAS THROWN IN JAIL AND WAS TO BE TAKEN TO MOZAMBIQUE BECAUSE HE WAS TOO BLACK TO BE SOUTH AFRICAN.
2. BLACK MODELS NOT BEING USED ON CERTAIN COVER MAGS BECAUSE THEY WON’T SELL.
3. PEOPLE BEING MADE TO EAT URINATED FOOD
4. WHITE JOURNAS BEING STOPPED FROM DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY ARE WHITE.
5. A WHITE GUY STORMING INTO A BLACK COMMUNITY AND FIRE SHOTS TO INNOCENT PEEPS………the list goes on.

STUFF LIKE THIS IS VERY MUCH DISTURBING, IT FEELS LIKE PEOPLE ARE BITTER AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE WRITE TIME TO SHOW THEIR HATRED. I’M AFRAID BUT RACISM SEEMS TO BE VERY MUCH ALIVE AND BREATHING AND WANNA TAKE ITS TALL AGAIN IN SA.

SPEAK UP FOLKS, WHERE ARE WE GOING WRONG, WHY BLACKEN AND WHITEN AGAIN? HAVEN’T WE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS?

12 Comments

cnhlanhla
13 Mar 2008 12:24

All that i'm gonna say is that A NATION THAT DOES NOT LEARN FROM ITS MISTAKES IS DOOMED TO REPEAT THEM AGAIN.

Renegade
14 Mar 2008 00:41

The way to peace is such an individual battle. Its like the way to avoiding accidents on the road.
Thing is, it's a personal decision one has to take to live their life a certain way. If I decide I will tolerate other humans, if I make the decision not to commit crime, If I make the decision to be cautious on the road, thats what I''m talking about. Its a matter of each person making a decision.

pullie
14 Mar 2008 00:48

evry1 wnts 2 b betta than tha otha!

sweetie my baby
14 Mar 2008 01:05

i think the guy from the human rights commission was right on point when he said that perhaps u Tat' Mandela was too quick to sing the forgiveness/reconciliation song - not that it was a bad thing, but it happened too quickly, without talking about the sins that were being forgiven...

personally, i never saw the logic of forgiving people who never even asked for it - and never really understood/acknowledged the crime they'd committed. i remember about ten years ago, my uncle once saying that he was so sick of being told 'well nelson mandela's forgiven us, so best you get over your racism chip on the shoulder'

i think what we're seeing now has been building up since 1994, coz the honeymoon's long over, and everyone's like 'is that it??' there's a lot of damage that needs to be really properly addressed, and until we deal with the real issues, and not the symptoms, we will continue in this vicious cycle.

azHOT
14 Mar 2008 01:19

WHITE JOURNAS BEING STOPPED FROM DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY ARE WHITE. thats not what happened. the black journos forum didn't stop anyone from doing their job. it simply encourages recognition for black journalists which they would never get were there no black journos forum.

stations like 702 and highveld who were the first to complain failed to see the bigger picture. if they were part of the regenerating and redistributing of South Africa's wealth, then they would have black journos on their payroll and could have sent them to do the Jacob Zuma and other stories that the BJF covered. perhaps they don't have black journos on their payroll or maybe just maybe they do but don't believe they could cover a story of that magnitude

azHOT
14 Mar 2008 01:22

@ sweetie my baby=AMEN!!!

Nonny
14 Mar 2008 01:35

Amen Sweetie.........well said sisi!!!

KeleFabulous
14 Mar 2008 02:26

on point smb

maybe he felt it as strongly as he did then but yrs of abuse and oppression cannot just be wiped out like that! and the only reason why anc will remain in power, even if it's JZ at hte helm? we don't trust white people. plain and simple.

cnhlanhla
30 Mar 2008 21:44

Had that?......Ag shame poor blacks u r said to have got no place in rugby.........maybe that's why EK HOU THE BOKKE SONG in hierde taal...........I'm not being racial mense jst wondering.

poshspice
30 Mar 2008 23:20

BLACK MODELS NOT BEING USED ON CERTAIN COVER MAGS BECAUSE THEY WON’T SELL.

has anyone seen a white Model on the cover of True Love, Drum, Soul, Bona etc or how often do you even see a black male onthe cover of True Love. it's because their primary audience is women and black.

hence, on this one I'd say it's about the magazine's target market. because Cosmopolitan features both black and white models because their target audience cuts across-

Zee Babes!
30 Mar 2008 23:21

@AzHot - maybe just maybe they do but don't believe they could cover a story of that magnitude.

I know dat this post is old but I have to say dat AzHot you are rite and I`ve never thought of all the things dat you mentioned above.... you are so damn rite, if they had black journos they could have sent them...mxmmmmmm abo Ben Said(sp)....babheda kabi laba.

Zee Babes!
30 Mar 2008 23:29

@ Poshspice - hence, on this one I'd say it's about the magazine's target market. because Cosmopolitan features both black and white models because their target audience cuts across-

I think there is a very thin line between "target audiances" and discrimination and I agree with you.... sometimes "blacks" cry for somethings dat need not to be cried for. I think especially the case yaka Oluchi shows dat in some industries black people are still under the shadow of "white people"...If one doesnt appear in the cover of traditionally white mag doesnt mean dat they are not recognised or not IT.

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