can white 'south-africans' (I use that term loosely), be considered as 'illegal immigrants', considering the fact that they came here without permission/being invited - (coz I don't remember shaka zulu sending an invite, asking you to come round for a cuppa and some biscuits - you came here "illegally", I repeat illegaly....isn't it time they went back home or if they soooo desperately want to be known as south african, at least change the name to "European" south african or something.................(didn't mean to offend anyone)
2007-02-08 08:00:00 · 1 answers · asked by yo mama 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
1. It's unfair, to put it mildly, to blame today's white South African population for the "illegality" of their ancestors. Whites born in South Africa know only that as their country.
2. The term "European" was often used during the apartheid era, to classify white-only establishments. I'm surprised that you want to reintroduce it. I am suprised that you also prefer seperate development (whites back to Europe), after such a long struggle to eliminate such ideas.
3. You also choose to overlook the part that white people played in the struggle against apartheid - Joe Slovo, Helen Joseph, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and so on. They fought to end a society based on racism, and there you are spouting off your own form of racism.
4. The reality of modern South Africa is that it is the "rainbow nation", a multicultural country with several official languages. Everybody can fit in.
5. What still needs to be done is to end the two continuing forms of apartheid:
a) economic - the dominance of whites and poverty of blacks still prevails,
b) cultural - there are many whites that know nothing of black culture in their own country (having not heard of Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, the Soul Brothers etc.).
2007-02-09 21:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋