What can Coloureds learn from BLACKS...? 1. Black people are everywhere. You’ll even find them in Japan and China. Black people are people who are not territorially bound. While they may claim homelands, they do not see themselves as confined to such. Even the migration of Blacks to Africa may be a case in point. This willingness to venture, to go out, to get involved is demonstrated also in the fact that Blacks do not shy away from opportunity and they willingly and purposefully go into the world and venture into new territories. In Mzansi you find them everywhere, from sweeping the streets (and not being shy to do such menial work) to being in board rooms as directors. Go to an FET College and they are there, not shy of getting on a train to get to where they want to go. At a university, they will not mind to get up at 3am to go stand in a long queue to make sure that they receive a bursary. Do you think that Black people think in their minds, “Oooh, menna, I must just stay in the Eastern Cape and die here, because da Coloureds they own da Western Cape...”? Nevva. By bus, train and taxi, hulle gaan waar hulle wil, cause they understand: All of Mzansi belongs to us. Dink jy Swart mense dink by hulle self: “Eh... I cannot go to that community meeting or the Police Forum meeting, because, actually, I may be too Black...”? Nope, hulle dink heel anders: “Lemme get involved, phela these are open to everyone and I must give my input, ke tsantse ke tsenje letsogo (I must of need be lend a hand)...”. That’s the approach and ttitude of Blacks... 2. Black people always believe in something. Traditional Blacks believe in tradition and the nyanga. Modern Blacks believe in education and progress (and some also still believe in the nyanga as well). Point is, they believe in something and hold on very dearly to such. If they believe in the ancestors, they do not sway from such believe. If they belong to a church and such church holds certain principles, they feverishly uphold such principles. If a modern Black youngster believes in education to better himself, almost nothing will stop him and his family to have him attain such, “al moet daar pap en water by die huis ge-eet word”. They rarely wait on someone to come and assist them or for a blessing to fall from the sky. They press forward, even if they must for a short while be gardeners or waitresses to save money for education. Here is an example: A young man even went as far to be a security guard at a mine while studying part time to become a lawyer – the very late Mandela! What do Coloureds believe in and hold dearly, compared to Blacks...? Can we not learn from them? 3. It may look as if though Black people do not have structures and rules, but they have far more than Coloureds could dream of. Their clan system has structure. Their traditions on inter personal relations have structure. Their relation with life and the community have structure. It is a fallacy to think that large labour unions are run primarily from Western ‘civilised’ precepts. Nope, the semi-literate petrol attendant may not understand the complexity of Westernised procedures and processes, yet he, by means of his Black structure, fully comprehends a certain order and structure that is needed. Overall, that structure signifies and underpins a Black unity. Dis why Xhosa en Shangaan en Pedi saam kan dalla en protes, for the larger community is of greater importance in their order structure than just the individual ‘slimkop en ek-ken-van-beter boeta’ in the room. Fact is, South Africa has since modern history to date been ruled by White and Black, and not by Coloureds (unless we claim Simon van der Stel’s brief reign as such). Fact is many Coloureds still think they can learn nothing from Blacks. Question is now: What is wrong to learn the good or strengths of an overwhelming majority that succeeded even in grabbing the gains of the prominent UDF, the very UDF in which Coloureds were once so prominent? Do we not latently have in us as Coloureds that structure, that believe in a better destiny and the willingness to venture for such destiny? Willing to join our vehicle that wants to work towards such destiny? https://facebook/groups/476226732450444/621794327893683/
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:43:53 +0000
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