I am trying to realise what it means being a white South African & I will surely never understand as a black person but knowing that the whole world, apart from a few far-right groups, questions your existence in Africa must make you consider whether you really belong in Africa. I mean, sure, you could be hard-headed & continue forging ahead with the (now defunct) colonial ideal but after all the wars & racist policies, it is no longer welcome in Africa. So what to do with white South Africans?
The group of whites that is considered the most racist in the world: white South Africans. What's makes them particularly more racist than other white people worldwide?
The future of the white South Africans.
I think as Africans wake up to their world, the idea of colonisers - let alone colonisers hogging their land's economy - will be less welcome. What we will see is increasing xenophobic sentiments towards South Africa's white population. And I can imagine that this frightens many white South Africans, which is why many have left South Africa but here's an educated take; the resentment of white South Africans is more due to their views & sentiments of South Africa than their race. What do I mean? In South Africa, we have racist far-right neo-Nazi groups but very few whites are against them or try to discourage them. This stance alone would mean mass deportations in a typical African dictatorship but most white South Africans refuse to see themselves as a nation with black South Africans, instead they'd rather have a mixed race nation of people that is mostly "white-favouring" than live in a legitimate black nation-state. I imagine if a white South African wants to continue in peace in South Africa, he/she would have to sit around black people for longer than the 8 hours a day they usually have to in daily life in South Africa to fully understand the indigenous psyche. The ideology most white South Africans live by is outdated, racism is no longer fashionable & there is no superior race - just a more privileged race. Most black South Africans are not racist or xenophobic, they just don't want to be disrespected in their land. Black South Africans don't want to be called kaffirs, monkeys, baboons or any other derogatory term or be discriminated against by their race or culture & if that's too hard for you to understand as a white South African, I have nothing more to say except acknowledge that your presence in South Africa is a big mistake.
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