BLACK VERSUS WHITE VERSUS THE WORLD

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I was just thinking the other day, about poverty in South Africa. I hear about it and see it everywhere. What caught my attention was that I have not heard much about white poverty or white squatter camps, or even about a gang of white men raping a fifteen year old girl.

I recently read an article on the internet http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/26/us-safrica-whites-idUSTRE62P0UJ20100326, about the President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, visiting a white squatter camp which is not so far from where I stay. I was shocked as this exceeded my expectations. 

It saddens me to see that the media mostly focuses on poverty and crime within black South Africans compared to the white South Africans and that then has promoted a biased and malicious public perception of black South Africans.

White poor South Africans are humans and have equal rights according to the constitution Bill of South Africa, http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/1996/96cons2.htm. Creating awareness around this issue will not only benefit the white community nor the black community but will also benefit the nation as a whole.  

It is not about being black or white; it is about embracing the blessings of life and its challenges. South Africa is celebrating eighteen years of democracy this year but there isn’t much to celebrate, as the problems that where experienced before are still being experienced today.