SOUTH AFRICA
These are some of the recent posts that i and others have made to hopefully challenge and encourage and educate you as you try and figure out how to do life better in South Africa. Please feel free to share any of these posts that are helpful with people you think it might help to take one more step towards…
All Lives Smatter – a collection of thoughts about race, painting all people with the same brush and the need for whites to engage with whites
All White Lives Matter – a “Black Lives Matter for Dummies” kind of post
Ask before you leap [to conclusions] – a post looking at how we engage when we engage with others on race
8 Steps to help me become a better ally of my friends of colour – a short but helpful reminder
But pity the mutants – a painful look at how white people are able to feel more empathy for fictional characters and pets than black people
But What Can I Do? – 40 Tips for white South Africans genuinely asking this question
Entitlement with an “i” – a brief glimpse into the problem of entitlement in our country
If I were white, I’d have been able to breathe – guest post by Thandi Nkomo
Race with me – short video clips explaining race issues simply to white people
She turned to me and asked me if being an Umlungu was something i enjoyed.
The Better Black/Coloured/Indian – some friends share stories about the standard of whiteness that has been pressured on them
The queen, my dad, and Sarafina – guest post by Thandi Nkomo
Ways in which white people are better than black people [part I] – a very short post.
Ways in which white people aren’t better than black people [part II] – a more wordier post.
When someone with an African name gives you their “easier” English name.
When the offence is that you’re offended – looking a little deeper into entitlement in South Africa.
If I were white… [guest post by Thandi Nkomo]
A guest post by my new friend, Thandi, that is worth taking a good listen to and sharing with your people... and i join her in the hope that her children will NEVER wish that [...]
South Africa
These are some of the recent posts that i and others have made to hopefully challenge and encourage and educate you as you try and figure out how to do life better in South Africa. [...]
Don’t you DARE let them give you an “easier” name.
i was chatting to a black grade six girl yesterday afternoon as we struggled through some Afrikaans homework together about Vasco de Gama. Before we got started with the homework, i asked her what her [...]
umlungu
i was chatting to a black grade six girl yesterday afternoon as we struggled through some Afrikaans homework together about Vasco de Gama. It was all going pretty well until she turned to me and [...]
The Queen, My Dad and Sarafina – guest post by Thandi Nkomo
My new friend, Thandi, shared this story on Facebook and i asked her if she would flesh it out as a guest post for me as it moved me [and so many others] so deeply: [...]
The Better Black – guest post by Thandi Nkomo
i online-met Thandi via my friend Alexa and she agreed to share some words on the concept of 'The Better Black' which is a heart-breaking idea for me and i hope that by sharing it, [...]
Ways in which white people aren’t better than black people [part II]
In Part I titled 'Ways in which white people are better than black people [part I]'Â i drew up a list of all the ways i think white people are better than black people. Or rather [...]
Ways in which white people are better than black people [part I]
            THE END [For Part II, which is a little wordier, click here]Â
When the offence is that you’re offended
i wrote a brief piece about Entitlement the other day [check it out by clicking here if you haven't yet] and then i had coffee with my friend Megan. Who told me what i already [...]
Entitlement with an ‘I’
Entitlement is a huge problem in South Africa. i would suggest it is more a problem in the white communities because Apartheid was specifically created with that in mind - the elevation of whiteness and [...]
Economic Justice 101: part II
Continuing from yesterday's part I on Economic Justice: God and our Money The story so far: On Tuesday nite i attended an evening with some friends, largely from Christ Church Kenilworth, looking at Economic Justice. [...]
Economic Justice 101: part I
"The church needs to stop talking about sex and start talking about money." [paraphrase, Alan Story] On Tuesday nite i attended an evening with some friends, largely from Christ Church Kenilworth, looking at Economic Justice. [...]