As the debate over Soth Africans xenophobic tendencies towards other African countries continues to rage, a South Africa gives perspective and context to the whole matter.
Do see below:
I need everyone to cut the bull and admit that a majority of South Africans are and have always been unashamedly xenophobic. Rich to poor
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
SAns think that our closer proximity to whiteness as a nation makes us better than ther rest of Africa. This is the root.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
we refer to Africans from other countries as "foreigners" instead of refugees from dictators, wars, economies failing them, etc…
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
….as a way to excuse us treating them like scum.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
I've seen kasi communities protect SAn drug dealers & rapists but be ready to burn a Nigerian for far less.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
And I don't mean metaphorically, i mean literally burn. Showing that the problem isn't the crime but the nationality of the criminal.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
I have friends afraid to walk with me in public in certain areas because they know they'll get harassed just for their accent
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
Even systematically SA fails other Africans. Do u know the dehumanization they go through just to extend their visas? To register a company?
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
People who leave everything they know out of desperation. Desperate to have a better life for them & their families. Africans in Africa.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
It's even instilled in our kids. How many Nigerian kids are teased for the accents? Zimbabwean kids taunted for "smelling" every day?
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
SAns ONLY see a problem when they see other Africans not living worse or to serve them. Not allowed to be accountants but can own a tuckshop
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
marching against "foreigners" being hired for jobs they too are qualified for instead of against the gov that fails you but u still reelect?
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
talk about abelungu all day while turning our backs on Africans in Africa. SA is a nation of hypocrites shem. Today just a reminder
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
& can i tell you that even rich Africans have to jump through more hoops to prove their skill/legitimacy than rich SAns. It's at all levels
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
the poorest aint shit-est African Americans comes here to be treated like royalty but let a Ghanaian get hired as a receptionist it's lit
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
Xenophobia against fellow Africans is not new, it is part of a social dna to use them as scapegoats INSTEAD of dealing with the real issues
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
All I'm saying is let's not waste time & data ACTING shocked or embarrassed. We've always known. We need to stop playing the victims here.
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
Please don't come here to defend your msunery. I may not be a political or sociology expert but i can tell where we are are in the wrong
— 'Red' Mosiane (@Red__Mos) February 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/_Ursh/status/835074272276189184
Oh, dear.
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