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Am I racist? Black Supremecist?
4 days ago I made a video titled "South Africa" about Race Relations, Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action and soon after it was up I recieved mail and comments saying that I was a racist against white people.
Others have told me that it is not racist at all! Infact I asked this question before and recieved good positive feedback and insights. What do you think? Am I being harsh on whites? Am I just expressing the truth. You must remember that my country has just come out of Apartheid (12 years ago) and some wounds for some people are still fresh. Should i just get over it as others have suggested?
Here's the link to the video:
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think your message is a valid one but the way you're expressing it, is a bit either/or.
If we said black deserved apartheid because they were bad in a past life then there would be uproar. You are saying the whites want to have their cake and eat it. It's a bit over simplified, and you should be discussing the politicians who are behind these policies not just "whites" or "blacks" as though everyone is embodied within these words.
- 1 decade ago
If u look at the Spring Bokke the team was originally all white (before i became a rugby supporter), now it is half white and half black (i'm proud of that, cuz we were reallizing that apartheid was a thing of the past and it's time to see equality not colours) but after the rugby world cup 2007 the SA rugby team is changing their symble, name and all players are black (the legal reason for this is, "to better represent south africa"). Many rugby players, black and white, profited hugely by playing rugby, soon only black. There was a line crossed there. It may seem i am racsist but i do have black friends that i respect, i had a best friend that was black but he moved to durban and it was to far.
I do think you should get over it and instead of complaining spend the time as much u can making the future easier for whites, blacks, coloureds and all the races/ethnicities there are.
I don't think that that video is true in this day and age maybe 4 to 5 years ago but not now. It is also one sided, you show only some truths not all.
I feel like i have to suffer what i did not do, yes then again u suffer from that which i did not do but u still blame it on me, taking AA and using BEE. Remember that South Africa's population is only growing by hundreds a week, not from babies only but from the zimbabweans etc that enter our borders, and what is their majority race/ethnicity. Do you really think that AA and BEE is really fair for all the races/ethnicities of the future.
I don't care if a person is black, white, blue, vegeterian, hip-hop lover, car retailer or anything, i want south africa to rise. To rise, to have the best cricket and rugby teams in the world again and to move on from all that.
- djnightgauntLv 41 decade ago
I'm not going to potentially prejudice myself against you by watching a video that sounds like it's designed to evoke a passionate, anti-white sentiment. I'll simply say that you probably wouldn't be here asking this question if you weren't troubled on some level about whether or not you're stooping to the level of your people's oppressors. Put another way, claiming your own race's superiority is the same as claiming every other race's inferiority. Are you comfortable with that?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yer but you don't have to listen to every form of critism that's thrown at you people critisize everything. In your heart you meant well and I understand I don't even have to watch the video to know. Just keep doing what you do and remember you can't live without money. Say what you like it's a free country.
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- 1 decade ago
well in my opinion u must not post such videos on youtube coz its officially over and i dont think tht the present day generation must be blamed for wat their ancestors did .no u r no a racist but take a chill pill!