tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post2588236472780824717..comments2023-11-03T06:02:08.556-04:00Comments on mhambi: Are Afrikaners the planet's worst racists?Wesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17822173778126767406noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-13817325312070770332010-04-11T13:25:13.815-04:002010-04-11T13:25:13.815-04:00Nice piece, but one problem for me, pointed out by...Nice piece, but one problem for me, pointed out by a SA friend. Asking Canadians who they think are the most racist within Canada and excluding on assumption that those 10 Canadians asked are not Quebeckers is faulty logic, no matter who the most racist would be. As well, Quebeckers have the odd position of having been colonised and of mistreating First Nations people, a position no English Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224081367634874192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-80425591575838132572010-04-09T18:33:49.266-04:002010-04-09T18:33:49.266-04:00A good article. In my experience, as a Black Brit ...A good article. In my experience, as a Black Brit who lived in SA, the difference between the English and the Afrikaneer is that the latter is blatant about their racism whereas the Anglo is subtle but of course, it doesn't mean that one is more or less racist than the other. They are the same. J. Malema's performance on CNN I guess you could call racist but then CNN showed another clip (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-6951685237685682892010-03-01T23:51:09.215-05:002010-03-01T23:51:09.215-05:00Well,well let see! As a black person who lived bri...Well,well let see! As a black person who lived briefly in South Africa(6years)in the post-Apartheid era. This is my opinion on Afrikaners or Boers. I even learned to speak their language called Afrikaans,so I'm open-minded and a cultural anthropologist.YES,racism exist in South Africa, an everyday thing.Apartheid shaped South Africa like that.However to say that Afikaners are the most racist truthtellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136409412290616531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-6516659027335338482009-09-24T01:23:46.259-04:002009-09-24T01:23:46.259-04:00Decent article, for sure. Well done.
But the Afri...Decent article, for sure. Well done.<br /><br />But the Afrikaner's supposed total immersion in and dependence on blacks is only part of why the Afrikaner are the way they are.<br /><br />Most Afrikaner's truly believe that they are not colonists, and that South Africa is their one and only home. Afrikaners recognize that they can't go back to the Netherlands (not being citizens, Flemtarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089224603478596025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-4651511332455541582008-03-07T08:35:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:35:00.000-05:00Well done. In this country, there is no one so po...Well done. In this country, there is no one so poor that he lacks someone to accuse of racism. The truth is usually a bit nuanced as this post reflects.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960651924212712003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-3824821514466464452008-03-05T10:49:00.000-05:002008-03-05T10:49:00.000-05:00Hallo Wessel,I put up your essay on my blog. I did...Hallo Wessel,<BR/><BR/>I put up your essay on my blog. I did put up two links to Mhambi blog, as I think it might be refreshing for some of the old bokkoms to read what you have written.<BR/>If you wave your cursor over the title of the post you will see it is a direct link to this blog as is the link from the authors name.<BR/><BR/>However, if you do not want any of your writing appearing on my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-73270005270258027002008-03-05T08:46:00.000-05:002008-03-05T08:46:00.000-05:00Pray tell Doodler, why am I naive?I am no more ash...Pray tell Doodler, why am I naive?<BR/><BR/>I am no more ashamed and proud of being an Afrikaner than I think I should be. Afrikaners have allot to be proud of. For all their foibles there is little doubt in my mind that South Africa would not be as powerful, wealthy and important a country without them. <BR/><BR/>In fact the country as we know it would probably not have existed.<BR/> <BR/>They Wesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822173778126767406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-3492872803728459282008-03-05T06:46:00.000-05:002008-03-05T06:46:00.000-05:00I suspect, having read a few of your other posts, ...I suspect, having read a few of your other posts, that you are embarrassed by your roots....and more than somewhat naive?<BR/>If, of course, you are an Afrikaner by birth...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-42515561311564760412008-03-05T04:29:00.000-05:002008-03-05T04:29:00.000-05:00Nice piece, thanks and I am an Afrikaans speaking ...Nice piece, thanks and I am an Afrikaans speaking person, but view myself as a person from Africa who speaks Afrikaans.<BR/>Very interesting points about the closeness to black people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26490003.post-62429651149331584062008-03-04T18:24:00.000-05:002008-03-04T18:24:00.000-05:00An excellent and very important post. I hope lots ...An excellent and very important post. I hope lots of people read it. <BR/><BR/>More than anything else, I think Afrikaners have a PR problem. That's what comes of being blunt.Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429180075570777019noreply@blogger.com