Thanks to Green Arrow, i have found a platform to which i wanted to adress my initial article.
After being told on several occasions that one should know where they come from, i often wondered what the line meant.
In seeking the answers, family background always came to the fore as one of the main factors that determines who one is and basically where they are comming from.
In Most cases, if you are black somehow it is deemed (by the black society at large) that have to have your roots tied to 'Kasi' or 'magaeng' for which failure to do so, one is then regarded as snob and a whole lot of names.
Nonetheless, morals and values that one is taught from infancy (for which i believe forms greater part of who one is) are largely placed aside as society at large seems to be still tied and narrow minded to believe that one's background should characterise who one is.
For instance, i used to find it very weired that whenever we visited my grandparents i was not allowed to wear a hat in the house or inside the yard for that matter. Furthermore, i was often called a disobidient child because i used to question everything unlike my cousins who never questioned anything and took blame for everything even if they were not wrong.
The funny part about everything (as i tried to weigh the these values) was the fact that back at home i was regarded as clever as the community i grew up in was all about that independence and standing up for what you believe in.
Now, from bloggers what i want to know is what are the characteristics that forms who one is?
Secondly, what signifigance does one's background have to do with who one is?
*hope i tried to be clearer this time*
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