tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post3826723588571213670..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: Plymouth (UK) Considers Curbs on Foreign Students in City Centre ShopsRidwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-85298681855117284882012-01-16T02:41:13.806+02:002012-01-16T02:41:13.806+02:00Wasalam Ridwan,
In effect, Prince Mashele’s think...Wasalam Ridwan,<br /><br /><em>In effect, Prince Mashele’s thinking reminds me of the nonsense that Booker T. Washington peddled in the US - the notion that blacks must produce to be respected by whites.</em><br /><br />This was what truly annoyed me about his piece. Why should we have to do something only so that white people can respect us? I wonder at his assertion that Chinese have gained respect from white people as well. Has he never heard of 'yellow peril'?cosmicyorubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913395879445418408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-31345448343784049162012-01-10T09:56:25.645+02:002012-01-10T09:56:25.645+02:00Slm eccentricyoruba:
Thank you kindly for your co...Slm eccentricyoruba:<br /><br />Thank you kindly for your comment.<br /><br />I read Prince Mashele’s drivel and like you it was hard to get through the first couple of paragraphs.<br /><br />There is irony in his critique. The most apparent is that he is hardly a relevant voice unless white media print his stereotypical nonsense.<br /><br />Like all stereotypes there is truisms to be found in some of the observations.<br /><br />For example, the anti-intellectual fervor among the political class, etc. And the metaphor of the bus and citizens is telling of how politicians think in general.<br /><br />I am reminded that just recently a high level politician asked me if I was basing my book on research or the "real truth as known by politicians".<br /><br />Her comment supports some of what he is saying.<br /><br />But his analysis is paper thin. The relationship between the old order and the new slips through his thinking.<br /><br />I think for example how De Beers has bought out the politicos with shares in Anglo American (their holding company).<br /><br />De Beers is perhaps the most corrupt company in South Africa - and a historical cauldron of whiteness.<br /><br />In effect, the political state has existed to keep the functions and interests of companies like De Beers intact - it is not peculiar to black states or Africans.<br /><br />In effect, Prince Mashele’s thinking reminds me of the nonsense that Booker T. Washington peddled in the US - the notion that blacks must produce to be respected by whites.<br /><br />It is the racial otherization thesis - blacks exist to live up to white achievement.<br /><br />I don't think the Chinese or Japanese produce to win the respect of whites.<br /><br />There is a distinct self-hatred apparent in his misguided bloat.<br /><br />And bloat is what it is - there is hardly anything intellectual in what he is saying.<br /><br />Strip the writing style and this is the usual kind of race-induced pessimism you will hear from any armchair across South Africa.<br /><br />A further irony is that many whites of the old mentality will support his nonsense.<br /><br />Peace to you my sista - by the way I have been reading your posts.<br /><br />Very interesting and an entirely new area of thinking for me.<br /><br />Thanks for writing.<br /><br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-58965867608853885272012-01-10T00:36:58.597+02:002012-01-10T00:36:58.597+02:00These folks must be very dumb, I wonder how they r...These folks must be very dumb, I wonder how they reached the conclusion that foreign students are to blame for shoplifting. <br /><br />On a different note, I can across this article <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/of-foolish-black-middle-class-race-1.1079120" rel="nofollow">Of Foolish Black Middle Class and Race</a> and was curious to know your thoughts on it. I couldn't make it through the first couple of paragraphs though.cosmicyorubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913395879445418408noreply@blogger.com