Tommie Smith

What we can learn from Bronze

LET'S LEARN FROM THIS GUY A couple of different people shared this story with me this last week and it was so powerful that i really wanted to try and capture the heart of it in a blog post so it would stick around for longer. You have likely seen this iconic Olympic photograph before and wondered, like myself and so many others, what is going through the white guy's mind and possibly questioned his [...]

By brettfish|2015-10-15T10:35:18+02:00October 15th, 2015|change the world, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

How to be an Ally: Move to the Back

Continuing the search on how to be a more effective ally when it comes to my black, coloured and indian friends in South Africa. While it was not specifically an Ally Series post, this piece i did yesterday titled, ‘Before I Comment’ is one we would all do well to pay attention to. Thinking before we rush in to an argument with an opinion or to try and take control is a definite way we [...]

By brettfish|2015-10-14T08:08:56+02:00October 14th, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, South Africa, things to wrestle with|2 Comments