If it is not a word from adam... it will be a tshirt from H&M ...

The mindset must change

Don't feed the trolls

NO racism against ANY race tolerated

Not henpecking the odd white idiot...

I see racist crap EVERYDAY on social media and there is no outcry...

Put it this way: As a white person, you get to keep your job, your family, your wealth (most of it, depending on how EWC goes), your culture and your identity, if you agree to just not use this one very specific word that 40 million people have decided is a word they don't want to hear

I mean, I'm fine with that

It's really the smallest possible concession to make, deciding to *not* use a racial slur

Even "negro" has some background to it (it's latin for "black", and you can argue on those lines it's not really a slur)

But "kaffir" never meant anything good

So just stop using it. Less space in your brain, less drama in your life

But everyday our culture and identity is eroded... our wealth is eroded with the fabulous economic policies of the gov... our job? Havent heard of BBBEE? Property rights about to be flushed... Are you blind.???? and now we are all tarred with the same brush cos of some idiot..
No Im tired of this shit.. I reject that tweet...

Morning 😃

@Rox no-one disagrees that there is a double standard.... My point is just that this puts that discussion WAY back.

Let me catch up on this wall of text 😉

thats just reality.... you can like it or not like it, but it is reality

So why didn't the k-word die with Mandela then?

There were 10 years of things going relatively well in SA, for most people

"Things are going badly now so I want to hang on to this word" ... why? What does it help?

Is it like Super Mario where every time you say it a coin falls from the sky? 😂

So if we all police each others social media and speech it will magically lead to a better society?

Or are you going to argue that the k-word is part of your culture/identity that is being eroded?

If we stop setting bags of shit on fire, yes, it'll help

No... I dont use that word and DO call out people who use it which is why I refuse to be shamed into some bs white guilt because some asshole says it on social media

So then say that and move on

When is the racism from the other side gonna be addressed?

Most of these mobs are just trolls. They're here to get a rise out of people - to make them upset and say even more stupid shit

Never

It's literally never going to be addressed. Not in our lifetimes.

That, unfortunately, is the game we're in. We didn't get to pick the rules, but we *do* get to choose how we respond.

Havent white people condemed all racism that has been exposed publicly?

I think they have ..loud and clear... penny sparrow... vicky momberg

over and above what wass necessary

so this is just bs... as is that tweet

It's not a one-time thing though

For as long as there are people walking around who will do stupid shit, other people have to be around to deal with the mess

There will be another 20 Adams in the next year, specially leading up to elections when the twitter mobs will do whatever they can to make noise

What I have noticed is a trend of people leaving SA, then once in the safety of another country, they become trolls on smedia and stoke the flames.

Yeah we could do with less of that @AcidOverride

We will always have fewer voices, we are a minority. We should speak up on racism but in the same breath understand that we have no control over what people say and do... as a side note, any speech that offends, just shows how weak people are in themselves. If you are offended by someones words, or a word, you should be able to brush it off, how can words/word have so much power over you?