tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729505337729670334.post3710808580770548992..comments2012-08-17T11:52:25.257+02:00Comments on Chronicles of Moo, Mandy and Madrap: in south africaMandy Rapsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03047155401241162835noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729505337729670334.post-52780556623814688632010-09-28T16:39:36.976+02:002010-09-28T16:39:36.976+02:00Wow Mandy...how much did FIFA pay you to not fly t...Wow Mandy...how much did FIFA pay you to not fly this post before the 2010 world cup? Yeah...it is crazy, but I have come to realize that 'people' are crazy...and you find some crazy people all over the world! A dear friend of mine went through probably the worst experience anyone can go through after she landed in the US...left violent SA, just to be violated in the safe USA...naaah, we find some crazy people everywhere...I just pray that God will make me crazy enough to deal with them! As for Julius...I am a boer, please don't kill me :)Cobus Oosthuizennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729505337729670334.post-50990618291446799332010-09-08T23:41:25.473+02:002010-09-08T23:41:25.473+02:00As a mixed race (Chinese) British person, I find i...As a mixed race (Chinese) British person, I find it difficult to understand the racial issues in SA. My boyfriend is a white South African and it isn't always easy to appriciate what people are going through. The level of violence is horrible and I would hate to SA become like Zim. I fell in love with SA when I visited nearly 3 years ago and stayed with your family but I know that you only see so much as a visitor.. I have had the experience of living with both black and white South Africans though so can possibly understand some of the issues a bit more than the average Brit! What I find the most challenging is that although I can see why people are outraged by the crime and violence there, are the borderline or outright racial comments/names such as snoobabs, monkey F@@kers etc. Although I look very much "white" these days, as a child I had much darker skin and was singled out because of it after moving from London. I didn't understand and tried to literally scrub my "dirty" skin off in the bath as I thought there was something wrong with me! The thing is that I have come across some blatently racist Christians, although I'm not suggesting that it's only South Africans of course. But I do know some SA Christian with particularly nasty racial attitudes and wonder how that co-exsists with their faith? I don't like to ask them directly as I don't wish to offend them. One of my SA Christian friends openly tells people she is rasist and comes out with some pretty strong stuff. I don't mean to offend anyone, honestly.. There are plenty of ignorant rasist Brits who have no justifiable reason for it, believe me! My boyfriend is not like that although some of his comments leave me uncomfortable, but his parents are pretty racist, to the point that he has hidden my ethnic background from them! I just wish that I could understand all this stuff more...Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729505337729670334.post-37892292722681766082010-09-08T17:31:34.989+02:002010-09-08T17:31:34.989+02:00You're right, it is depressing seeing it from ...You're right, it is depressing seeing it from this angle. I'm glad this isn't the angle from which I view South Africa or I might be one of those that join the 'white flight'. But nonetheless we can't deny it's existance. <br /><br />Thanks for your comment, this is exactly the kind of honest, open and thougt provoking dialogue I'm trying to encourage.Mandy Rapsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047155401241162835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729505337729670334.post-38307876651024085892010-09-08T14:50:34.749+02:002010-09-08T14:50:34.749+02:00This is a pretty depressing post! I'd love to ...This is a pretty depressing post! I'd love to see one about the exact opposite of this - the positives. We are facing lots and lots and lots of problems. BUT we also have lots and lots and lots of good things happening. Great things in fact. And great people determined to make them happen. <br /><br />I'm going to choose to stay positive - because as you said, imagine what would happen if we all thought positively and acted positively? Beautiful things!Clairehttp://www.thirdworldgoesforth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com