RIZGOD

4y

Lightskin people are considered their own race here (coloured) because of Apartheid. Some coloured people are under the impression that we're the true indigenous people of this country (the Khoi/San people). This may be true for some, but it's likely that most of us are the product of rape or interracial relationships between colonialists and black people. Coloured people are a minority in population, in social power and economic power. There's also the feeling that our role in the liberation of the country is downplayed. So there's a lot of tension between coloured people and black people

Some black people feel like we benefitted under Apartheid, we try to appease white people, we don't identify as black by choice, we shouldn't be able to say the N word etc. I remember a few years ago on Twitter they were trying to say Coloured culture doesn't exist. It became a meme and coloured people were making jokes in response but it really highlighted something - that the original colonialists succeeded in their goal of dividing the people they found here and therefore weakening us. They did the same s*** hundreds of years ago by bribing chiefs or putting their own people who would obey them in charge of settlements. Gang culture in Cape Town can be attributed to forced removals and people being separated. They even flooded our communities with mandrax the same way the American government did with crack. Those white mfs designed a whole system to keep different races oppressed that they hoped would outlive them. S*** is actually crazy and extremely evil when you think about it

But yeah, I don't think relations between people in this country will truly be peaceful and harmonious at least for the next hundred years. And that's assuming nothing happens that pushes us back into blatant racial discrimination and oppression before then. Every few years something can happen and it kinda feels like we're close to the boiling point, Operation Dudula is going on right now. It's like the people of this country internalized the hate and violence shown towards them and want to pass it on

LUKAS

4y

Yeah i was wondering this. I thought it was cos he was on his phone but speaking on loud speaker whereas the white people were also on their phones in a more subtle way. The black guy was ‘distracting’ the worker with the phone and the others were being distracted by their phone.

Need to go back to really fact check myself though lol

Vox

4y

Thank you so much for this

Colorism is a problem stateside but man what you described...

Like @mosh said it's for sure important to learn and keep in mind race relations worldwide

Never even heard of mandrax - what is it/is it still a big problem?

Also could you tell me more about Operation Dudula or do you have any good reading/videos on it?

9thWonderful

4y

This episode was a masterpiece, had me dying the whole time.

"Peruvian? You were white yesterday! "

YoungNastyShawty

4y

I thought it was crazy he was assigned to that film. Bugs bunny was gone be dunking with a kufi on

RIZGOD

4y

I took this as him, and therefore other white people, not being strong enough to live life black people in America have to live everyday. He knew he'd have to get a minimum wage job and have his wages garnished like the main character of this episode did. He'd rather die than have to live a life this difficult

internet buddy

4y

Why did the black guy get send to the back of the line? There were literally no context clues for that

Vietbrah

4y

GDT co-sign

Yeezy05

4y

if that was the direction they were going for it would have made more sense for those white people used, to be in high powered roles- people that owned or were on the board of big companies, multi millionaires/billionaires etc

the ones they used were regular ass 9-5 workers. just didnt hit the same

Pinhead

4y

the random one-off filler episodes are cool once in a while,

but 2 in 4 episodes?

Vietbrah

4y

GDT co-sign

orangetcovid

4y

Bruh we niggas here. Who here thinks slavery is not a past.

S*** donald glover just learned what slavery was the past 3 years.

Unrealistic episode this was. Making us niggas look like buffons

orangetcovid

4y

Bro said he's finally free just to go hide in a hotel then off himself

user

4y

Yeah these are for non blacks lmao

the way people using these big words and these deep ass explanations to try and get cookie points for liking these given the subject matter

Media virtue signaling is crazy

RIZGOD

4y

It's a weird topic. If I leave my country and go anywhere else in the world, I'd be considered black. But here at home, I'm a different race. If Drake and J Cole were South African, they'd be considered coloured and some people would have an issue with them saying nigga. It leads to identity issues and I feel like I can relate to black Americans because our people don't know where we come from. I got aunties that just assume we're the indigenous people of this country when they don't know that for sure. I roll my eyes when coloured people say things like "Black people are stealing the land from us" B**** you don't even know your origins We're literally one of the most genetically diverse groups in the world. You could be Malaysian mixed with Zulu for all you know. Siya Kolisi got a son with a white woman and that kid looks like one of us

Operation dudula is a group of South Africans pushing for other Africans living here to not be employed/go back to where they came from. Things are really f***ing desperate over here with the poverty, unemployment and crime so you kinda understand how things got to this point. But it's still crazy if you consider our country's history
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2022/4/8/what-is-operation-dudula-s-africas-anti-immigration-vigilante

Mandrax is basically qualudes, but they usually smoke it over here in the neck of a glass beer bottle. Apparently back in the day they would send people in at night to graffiti "Mandrax" in areas that coloured and black people were forced to live in or they'd leave it on people's doorsteps. Basically they'd increase the curiosity about this new d*** and flood communities with it. I seen YOUNGSTACPT say this in an interview, I still need to do my own research on this though. Its a huge issue in townships and lower income areas, but I live in the suburbs and the amount of homeless people here has increased exponentially over the past few years. I'm starting to see bottlenecks on the ground and I walk past people smoking s*** in alleyways sometimes that don't smell like weed

RIZGOD

4y

I disagree because then the character's complaints of "I don't have the money" and "I didn't even do anything" lose power. There are benefits to being white that even white people who aren't rich have. If his ancestors didn't own Sheniqua's, who knows if this guy would even be working this mid job coming up with ads for shrimp?

That's the point of what Earnest said imo, making white people realize they benefitted and forcing them to address the elephant in the room they insist on ignoring. And its not just rich white people who do this

orangetcovid

4y

So Trevor Noah not as appreciated back there

Yeezy05

4y

episode 2 was the only great one of the season so far.

writing is down massively from season 2 and season 1. Hopefully it picks up though