Blog : Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet Hari Kodabolu, some humour and the insulting idea of 'The other'

Changing tack a little bit on this whole race conversation as we bring a little humour into it. Comedian Hari Kondabolu appears on the David Letterman show and shares some race-related humour which becomes deeply insightful when you take a moment to realise some of the truths that the comedy is bases on and especially as he dives into the highly insulting idea of group of people from different races or cultures being classified simply as [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-18T06:15:25+02:00April 18th, 2014|challenging thorts, humour'ish, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet Hari Kodabolu, some humour and the insulting idea of ‘The other’

Changing tack a little bit on this whole race conversation as we bring a little humour into it. Comedian Hari Kondabolu appears on the David Letterman show and shares some race-related humour which becomes deeply insightful when you take a moment to realise some of the truths that the comedy is bases on and especially as he dives into the highly insulting idea of group of people from different races or cultures being classified simply as [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-18T06:15:25+02:00April 18th, 2014|challenging thorts, humour'ish, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 40ish

DAY 40ish Wow! Day 40. We made it... ish. Easter is still a few days away so may still add a post or two but it has been fun [and only slightly overwhelming] to do this journey with those few of you who have joined with me. The Bible mentions seven things that Jesus says while hanging on the cross. I found this online site that looks at each statement [calling each one a 'word'] and [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-17T08:36:16+02:00April 17th, 2014|activities, bible things, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – What I would love my white friends to hear – Meet Tshego Motiang

When this topic first came up, I chose not to get involved because I knew the controversy it would cause. People on all sides are generally exceptionally sensitive when it come to the topic of race. We can never just talk about our differences without an argument ensuing. Someone always has to overact out of offense and someone else will always have to pay by taking the blame. The conversation is almost not worth having [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-16T22:12:19+02:00April 16th, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – The power of words…

i came across this article, '21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis', posted by Heben Nigatu on Buzzfeed, made me unbelievably sad, and in the context of the conversations we are having at Irresistibly Fish, felt like something worth adding in here so that some more people will hopefully have that 'Oh' moment of getting this a little bit more. 'The term “microaggression” was used by Columbia professor Derald Sue to refer to [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-16T17:35:45+02:00April 16th, 2014|change the world, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

tiger tiger

so yesterday i got to go to Six Flags, which is a rollercoaster [and animal it turns out] park in California and had the raddest rollercoastering day! and i also got to 'meet' Odin the Bengal tiger who was a most beautiful and majestic animal [sorry lion!]: That picture doesn't really do him justice - Odin was a beast! Beautiful, sleek, with big flabby paws that thumped around on the ground as he majestically wandered [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-16T07:13:22+02:00April 16th, 2014|activities, and other animals., shtupidt people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – What I would love my white friends to hear – meet Siki Dlanga

Every important thing has been said particularly by Tsholofelo Mpuru! You nailed it girl. I don’t even know why I am writing but Brett asked and I said yes. This is my pet hate. A lot of white people may not be guilty of this. I hope. I mentioned to a Zimbabwean friend of mine this month just how much I absolutely detest being asked whether I am Zimbabwean by a white South African or [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-15T21:54:06+02:00April 15th, 2014|challenging thorts, pain and Hope, people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|8 Comments

Your comments on race…

this is not going to be a blog post as much as it is going to be an invitation to a comments forum where you can jump in and share your thoughts on any aspect of race - good, bad and ugly... when you think of race, what comes to mind - can be happy, sad, confusing, angry, celebratory... but keep it civil - am good with questions and statements and stories but not overt [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-15T10:02:25+02:00April 15th, 2014|activities, thorts of other people|0 Comments

40ish Days of Lent: Day 39ish

DAY 39ish i saw this prayer/poem/reflection? on my friend Conso's Facebook wall and thought it was too good not to share... Task: Mediate and reflect on the following words as they have meaning for you: Until i encountered the CROSS... i knew confession but did not know repentance, i knew ritual but did not know true worship, i knew guilt and shame but did not know redemption, i knew judgement and condemnation but did [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-15T07:07:15+02:00April 15th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, worship|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – What I would love my white friends to hear: Meet Hulisani Khorombi

Where on earth do I even start with this topic? “What I want my white friends to know” seems like such a direct attack to some of my closest friends and those who I am still to meet. I absolutely love my friends so how could I write this? Then I thought about how much I really want to say some things and I sat down to type this. First of all I come [...]