tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post3411383849719953646..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: Is This Blackface? And Is That a Problem?Ridwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-45914960142642405612013-08-16T03:39:51.639+02:002013-08-16T03:39:51.639+02:00I don't think it is right to force a US view ...I don't think it is right to force a US view on what die Kaapse Klopse means. Speakers of Kaaps have their own views on that - let them decide on their own.<br /><br />See, for example what Robert J Pearce says:<br /><br />"Oor die Kaapse Klopse (Coons) het jy dit ook mis. Hulle maak mooi musiek, hul kostuums is pragtig en hulle is ’n aanwins vir die Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur – niks negatiefs soos wat jy insinueer nie"<br /><br />http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/kaaps-is-nie-n-joke-taal--robert-j-pearce-antwoord-nathan-trantraal <br /><br />Gerhard Venterhttp://alleman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-67589540045868831102012-10-25T18:43:25.421+02:002012-10-25T18:43:25.421+02:00Thanks for your comment Alleman.
I agree that we ...Thanks for your comment Alleman.<br /><br />I agree that we do not need to glorify killing in SA. I have not seen the video you mention - my experience with Die Antwoord is limited to the Fatty Boom Boom video which they also claim does not make fun of Lady Gaga's weight.<br /><br />I am stumped at many levels. What is their spiel?<br /><br />Blackface is not alien to SA as you know. The so called Coon Carnival is an adaptation of Blackface and modeled on the US experience except it is intended to deconstruct its racism.<br /><br />In other words turning it around to protest racism - with its roots in slavery.<br /><br />I will look to find the video you mention but on principle absolutely concur with your position on the Afrikaner omie.<br /><br />Killing is not to be made fun of in any context.<br /><br />Peace,<br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-2992163871378425662012-10-25T16:16:07.268+02:002012-10-25T16:16:07.268+02:00I managed to reach my 40's without knowing abo...I managed to reach my 40's without knowing about blackface - pretty ignorant as well, I guess. Or maybe not with my eyes glued to the USA.<br />We do not need Die Antwoord to import this particular US way of racism - we have enough of our own racist uglyness already.<br /><br />We also do not need Die Antwoord to make a video of killing an Afrikaner omie - that happens enough already too. It is a pity no-one in Anglophile SA seemed to find that offensive. (I'm reffering to the Umshini Wam video)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com