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RE: Geographie 021 - Tainted Heroes - PDF, Supplement
Gute Arbeit, Sammychristen. Das ist wunderbar.
The Whites whose safety in South Africa today is at stake, I often hear about acts of violence against them.
Not just the whites. Even blacks from other nations fear for their lives.
Most black people ( Men especially ) in South Africa are lazy and jealous.
Thank you for the comment!
First of all I have to say that I do not stigmatise people in general, I try to get information and evidence based on statistics. Naturally I like to know about clichés, which certainly never are entirely true and to be projected on the individual, but they might help if you have to interact with people you do not know.
I did not take the information out of the documentary that black people or black men are lazy. If I tried to imagine how I would react when I first came to a clean orderly western town after being raised in a very poor township, I would say that I would be deeply impressed and tried to imagine how I would be able to get to such a standard of living. Probably I would find out that there is quite a 'wall' to overcome which consists of a huge amount of work, successful work and that I could rather be a pioneer for my descendants than the guy who is able to enjoy abundance during his lifetime. I totally understand that this could be a frustrating vision.
But at this point, if you are an evil ideologue or propagandist, you may insert toxic myths. You can say, the whites or other people who reached a higher standard of living just live at the expense of the poor ones. Or that the riches ones are in that position because they exploit all the poor ones and that their wealth in reality is stolen property of the poor. There you can sow all sorts of victim myths, sources of jealousy and hatred. The next step is to call it an honorable goal that the poor people should take back what actually belonged to them, even if it does not in reality, and that the end justifies all means. With such myths you create an attitude or mentality of entitlement, which is the contrary of an industrious, productive work ethic.
There you can call up all sorts of violent demons, because you tell one group, that their interests and their concerns are that noble and important, that it is no problem to enforce them by violence. And violence is a spiral, because why should just one group be allowed to be violent? There for sure are other victims and then there are damaged people, who might take revenge etc.
Ok i understand you. But first of all, let me clarify that I'm black too. I didnt really mean all black people are lazy.
My comment was based on "Most" black men in S.A.
Take a look at the xenophobic attacks on other black nationals that have happened recently in S.A. This was pepertuated by the black nationals of S.A on other blacks. And this was as a result of their jealousy and for the progress of other nationals.
I have been to south Africa many times, I know what i am saying.
Of course there are very good hardworking ones amongst them. But many of them are lazy and when other nationals progress,they become jealous and start attacking them. Same reason they attack the white minority.
This is all fine. I just wanted to further clarify my viewpoint, which is not very well-founded on South Africa. I did not intend to criticise you. Since it is our first or second dialogue here, it is not always easy to truly understand, what the other participant means. Therefore I usually write detailed answers.
I said I do not stigmatise people, because I do not want to render premature judgments. This is easily declared to be one-sided, racist etc. and this is not at all the level on which I intend to have my discussions. But I think that I understand the general mechanisms which take place in many societies, especially the toxic ones.
And I definitely agree, that most of the crimes in South Africa happen within the black community. There is also a very sad quote at the end of Tainted Heroes by Strike Thokoane:
I consider it to be an essential element of egalitarianism, Marxism etc. that every blade of grass has to be cut at the same length. There is no room for individual success, self-realisation and basically creativity as well as for self-responsibility, personal independence and freedom.
Instead of enjoying the success of people of the own hometown or region all together, learning of each other, trying to cooperate, learning to be self-responsible, people are thinking about how to cut the grass the most efficient way, which is fundamentally wrong.
You are 100% right.