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Melusi’s Everyday Zulu: a book review of sorts

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Melusi’s Everyday Zulu: a book review of sorts

i have just finished reading Melusi Tshabalala's 'Melusi's Everyday Zulu' which was one of the books my wife gave me for Christmas. It is funny, it is irreverent in places, it is jaw-drop-he-didn't-just-say-that in others, it is inspiring and challenging in terms of understanding South Africa and South Africans and mostly it is educational and just a really fun read. Get yourself a copy. From the back cover: Six days a week, Melusi Tshabalala, [...]

By brettfish|2019-01-09T09:34:08+02:00January 9th, 2019|book vibes, South Africa, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

The Whiteness conversation has begun [and it was good!]

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The Whiteness conversation has begun [and it was good!]

What are you doing Friday night? Going to a workshop that interrogates whiteness. Wait, what? And I am paying for it. Those words might seem like they come out of an SNL sketch if South Africa had an SNL type show. But we don't. And it was the brave decision of eight white people to respond to an invitation that my friend and colleague Megan Furniss put out on Facebook: I am Megan Furniss, a [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-15T10:53:12+02:00December 15th, 2018|inspire-ations, pain and Hope, positive ideas for change, race vibes, South Africa|1 Comment

40 Tips for white people asking, ‘But what can I do?’ – a summary

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40 Tips for white people asking, ‘But what can I do?’ – a summary

40 Tips to help white people to answer the question, 'But what can I do?' when it comes to race and reconciliation in South Africa. And we have made it to the end of the 40 - which one[s] felt most helpful or relevant to you [show us some love in the comments section]? In this post i give a quick summary of each tip to remind you of the journey we have made together [...]

By brettfish|2020-08-19T13:01:05+02:00September 28th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, positive ideas for change, race vibes, South Africa|13 Comments

But What Can I Do? Tips #36-40

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But What Can I Do? Tips #36-40

#ButWhatCanIDo? Tip #36 We can be a little kinder to each other. Now this works as a tip and life lesson in general and the world would be a better place if most of us adhered to it, but specifically here i am thinking about white people on the journey away from racism to other white people on the same journey. 'When we forget that before us is first a person and then an opinion [...]

By brettfish|2018-10-01T12:25:49+02:00September 20th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, race vibes, South Africa|5 Comments

But What Can I Do? Tips 21-25

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But What Can I Do? Tips 21-25

As we head into the second half of our journey as white people seeking to do and be better, let me encourage you and remind you once again that i have so much love and respect for you. Which is why i have been compiling this list. The past in our country is completely messed up and in need of redress and healing and building and so on... us taking these tips seriously is us [...]

By brettfish|2018-09-24T07:19:49+02:00September 4th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, inspire-ations, positive ideas for change, South Africa|1 Comment

A day of Rest.

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A day of Rest.

Sunday morning i had the privilege of attending a public conversation between Lukhanyo Calata [author of 'My father died for this'] and Wilhelm Verwoed [author of 'Bloedbande'] as the final session of the Restitution conference that took place this weekend. i dropped some soundbites on Facebook as it was happening and some other things that the reflections prompted in me and figured it might be helpful for people who weren't on their social medias to gather [...]

By brettfish|2018-09-03T07:01:08+02:00September 3rd, 2018|inspire-ations, race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

But what can I do? Tips 16-20

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But what can I do? Tips 16-20

We are heading towards the halfway point of this 40 tips for white people who are genuinely asking, 'But what can I do?' series and continuing with: #ButWhatCanIDo? Tip #16 This is an extension of yesterday's tip and is going to be another difficult one for anyone not committed to the work of transformation to hear and put into practice. And I'm not sure how often I even get this right or mess it up [...]

By brettfish|2018-09-08T08:34:17+02:00August 29th, 2018|activities, inspire-ations, race vibes, South Africa|1 Comment

But what can i do? Tips 11-15

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But what can i do? Tips 11-15

White people asking the question, 'But what can I do?' when it comes to race and transformation. It has been super exciting to see how much dialogue and engagement has been happening around these tips. If you have not yet read the first five which started this series or the next five then click on those first and bring yourself up to speed. But this post is going to be bringing you the next five tips [...]

By brettfish|2018-09-12T15:59:09+02:00August 24th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, challenging thorts, change the world, race vibes, South Africa|5 Comments

But what can i do? [White people in South Africa and beyond…] Tips 6-10

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But what can i do? [White people in South Africa and beyond…] Tips 6-10

White South African friends… i have so much love for you. A number of you, when race conversations have been happening, have asked the question, “What can i do?” and as one who doesn’t have all the answers but certainly has some of the journey, i figured I can share some things that helped me to move further along in this conversation. So for the next forty days, i am hoping to share an idea a day – some simple, some more [...]

By brettfish|2018-09-24T09:22:32+02:00August 19th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, adventures, inspire-ations, race vibes, South Africa|2 Comments

But what can i do? [White people in South Africa and beyond…]

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But what can i do? [White people in South Africa and beyond…]

White South African friends... i have so much love for you. A number of you, when race conversations have been happening, have asked the question, "What can i do?" and as one who doesn't have all the answers but certainly has some of the journey, i figured I can share some things that helped me to move further along in this conversation. So for the next forty days, i am hoping to share an idea [...]