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The other day when I wrote an article about being displaced in church I got none of your reactions but today, there are so many displaced people all over… and the latest being in South Africa.
And I was wondering to myself as I listened to those people talking about how they cannot get jobs because of the other black Africa. Is it the lack of opportunity or knowledge? Is it the lack of capability or knowhow? Is it the lack of learning or a good education? Are we to blame for all the injustices in these world? Is it the mistake of those who saw opportunity while the natives did not?
You know, it is not my mistake that I was born in a family that is capable of raising me well, giving me a good education, letting me get even better degrees outside my native land and able to fly all over the world and finally even decide want to work in say South Africa is it? It is not my mistake that I am brilliant enough to secure a scholarship and finally a great job is say South Africa? It is not my problem if my brother sleeps hungry and I have enough food and money to go drinking maybe two or three beers drive my BMX and cruise on the best roads that do not have traffic so I don’t get headaches on my way to my posh and lavish home ? I s it my problem that I got a job that is well paying and you did not? I s it a mistake that I can think more that you can and be innovative with the little knowledge I have and make myself a billionaire? It is not my mistake when I need something and all I can do is pick up the phone or drop a mail and to the right person who can help I and you can’t? Is it all about is it my mistake that…….?
I have tried to understand where the black South Africans are coming from and truly I have tried and maybe I can try to just a little bit understand where are really coming from!
How would you feel when you can put a decent meal on the table for your family when all you do is struggle the whole day and perhaps all you get is a dollar in return? How would you feel if when you get up each morning the people you are going to beg employment from are not even your fellow countrymen? How would you feel if these not fellow countrymen are the ones who determine the type of salary or wage you get? How would you feel if at all they earn way above what you do, which of course is the case? And worse still what if you have no education to challenge then? What would you do? With these and maybe many more questions that they may pause I totally understand and feel what they are going through! As a person and a young person for that matter, I know how it feels like to try and make ends meets! I can try to fit my feet into those big shoes but in whichever directions I may never actually feel what exactly they are feeling! But all in all I can try to relate with them!
Now comes the hard part is it justified what they are doing to their fellow Africans? That is a question I would like you to think about.

May 22, 2008 | 5:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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