Thanks for your very insightful observations. I am not unaware of issues in Africa. I think a mistake that some Americans make is in assuming that Africans all get along well together. As with Americans, that has never been the case. Nor for Europeans or Asians, for that matter.
I got some great insights from reading "The Eternal Audience of One" by Remy Ngamije. It's a novel that largely parallels what has been said here, concerning bigotry against immigrants to South Africa.
However, as a white man who many would call right wing, let offer a correction. Our issues with autocratic socialism have no racial basis. We see the same things you see, and see it among whites as among blacks, if not more so. I have white relatives who deserve the title "Welfare Queen." I have known women on welfare who make a good living from it. But I have also known others who have used welfare in the way it was intended, as temporary support while working thru a rough patch.
We have seen the mindless violence, both in Africa and America, of people who feel entitled and who express that sense of entitlement with violence. No, it need not cross racial lines. You might be surprised at how FEW white right leaning people see the problem as a racial issue.
Anyone who has ever been to impoverished white neighborhoods can tell you it has *nothing* to do with race.
Thank you for the observations, made especially valuable because you understood what you heard and saw.
Thanks for your very insightful observations. I am not unaware of issues in Africa. I think a mistake that some Americans make is in assuming that Africans all get along well together. As with Americans, that has never been the case. Nor for Europeans or Asians, for that matter.
I got some great insights from reading "The Eternal Audience of One" by Remy Ngamije. It's a novel that largely parallels what has been said here, concerning bigotry against immigrants to South Africa.
However, as a white man who many would call right wing, let offer a correction. Our issues with autocratic socialism have no racial basis. We see the same things you see, and see it among whites as among blacks, if not more so. I have white relatives who deserve the title "Welfare Queen." I have known women on welfare who make a good living from it. But I have also known others who have used welfare in the way it was intended, as temporary support while working thru a rough patch.
We have seen the mindless violence, both in Africa and America, of people who feel entitled and who express that sense of entitlement with violence. No, it need not cross racial lines. You might be surprised at how FEW white right leaning people see the problem as a racial issue.
feels very insightful and important, thanks :) <3