tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post2022824698462023544..comments2008-12-23T16:21:23.687-08:00Vusi Moloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13263553951062024224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post-81385832763271154922008-12-23T16:21:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:21:00.000-08:00Reyaleboha ngwaneso Kay. Your positive feedback is appreciated and you are raising some powerful points in your commentary. Keep those comments coming.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks.<BR/>VusiVusi Moloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13263553951062024224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post-46976178524194327252008-12-23T06:37:00.000-08:002008-12-23T06:37:00.000-08:00Very impressive and highly analytical documentation Nt. Moloi. it is however saddening to have to face such stark realities which we generally prefer t ignore... bury our heads in the sand and pretend that we are not affected or that someone will have the required time and will power to address them.<BR/><BR/>My paramount concern before coming to Canada was the extent of its racism. I asked around and was told that t is subtle but nevertheless exists... it is in the carefully structured system... schools, access to facilities... the like. In the end all facilities in the suburbs are first class. Who lives there... Mostly the white establishment. A classic carrot case!<BR/><BR/>Christianity. Inasmuch as there is a High Power, he was introduced to us in a manner whose ulterior motive was to incapacitate us. label Africans as heathen despite the fact that we too had our own definition of God (Khomo ke Molimo o nko e metsi, Molimo o mocha rapela oa khale etc, while we wasted time reforming, our trusted missionaries were actually acting as conduits to our colonizers.<BR/><BR/>Canada ranks high on different surveys regarding health-care, as one of the most ideal countries to settle in around the world... and the fact that it has a relatively low population count makes it all the more attractive. For an African who immigrates from a dysfunctional country, most times the racial inequities manifested in the lack of equal opportunity are a better pill to swallow. It is a case of Malcolm X's House negro vs field negro saga.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps if the black race and other minorities exercised similar survival tactics as the English did, they would stand a better chance at leaving the deep ditch that's been dug for centuries.But what the lynching master said generations ago has taken root: take a dissident slave, tie each leg to a horse. Then infront of all other slaves, women and children included, whip the horses in two different directions until he is torn in half. This will definitely make the rest tow in line. he continues to say, "Keep the slave physically strong and psychologically weak." For the most part, this is still the point where many minorities languish- too distracted to address the issues in many avenues of life where they are involved.<BR/><BR/>Your chess-board comparison is also so gripping. If only we could turn the blocks around!<BR/><BR/>'This modus operandi is a trade off system whereby the non-English degrade their cultural identity in exchange for gaining acceptance as "civilized" members of the lily white English.'- What a shame, to be made to feel inferior by what cannot be changed.<BR/><BR/>I have really enjoyed reading these two articles and will proceed to read the rest over the coming days. They are highly informative too.Kay Rantshohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16426150871572977829noreply@blogger.com