equality

When Equality is not the best thing to chase.

South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people

When Equality is not the best thing to chase.

The Search for Justice. i have seen and loved that cartoon many times before, because it helps shift perspective. Some of us might have been clamouring loudly for Equality [or for the things that make us feel equal but still leave others behind a fence] when in actual fact what we are needing to champion is Justice. That simple cartoon illustrates this so powerfully. [Side Note: The people who get to see over the fence [...]

By brettfish|2016-05-10T14:32:08+02:00February 11th, 2016|South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|5 Comments

a South Africa i dream of…

The other day i wrote a poem titled 'to them who have ears' and just thinking about it a little more today, have dubbed it a choir poem - as in those who get what it's about and who agree will totally be reading and nodding and cheering and liking and sharing... but those who don't, are unlikely to even read it and if they somehow do, unlikely to understand the point trying to be made... [...]