r/southafrica • u/allthisjusttocomment • Mar 19 '18

Redditor provides counter-argument to documentary about South Africa's "Reverse Apartheid"

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u/sooibot Boo! Land Mar 19 '18

Oh OH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh....

Someone actually took the time. Dis Gone B gud.

Come on White Genocide guys - what's wrong with the summary this commentator provided?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18

Not a white genocider here, but I have to state as I've done before that my main issue with all of this is the demonisation of a group for the country's problems, and there appears to be a theme when listening to the accounts of victims - there is often real hate for them simply because they are white, because they are farmers or because they "have a right" to be violent towards their victims. This is fuelled by rhetoric from politicians that goes unpunished, hardly even condemned. If you can't see that this grouping of people is dangerous and what it may lead to, I suggest you read up on, say, the Kulaks.

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u/killerofsheep Mar 19 '18

As a somewhat objective white person, I'll try give my opinion as to the reason.

What have white people (as a demographic/community) done to rectify the injustices of the past? It appears to most that the continued wealth inequality is reflective of white people maintaining their economic power at the continued expense of black people. Of course there is the rise in black wealth, and that the ANC is dealing with immense corruption.. yet this is not sufficient to appease millions of people living in poverty.

Poverty is almost exclusively a black and coloured issue, and near non-existant among white people. This dichotomy creates a tension that very few wish to deal with. Black people feel it is a result of Apartheid, and white people feel as if Apartheid is gone and its the ANC's fault.

So, poverty is a result of Apartheid and white people, and whites aren't doing enough/anything to fix that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18

I can mostly agree, however none of that is a reason to openly call for and celebrate violence against a group of people because of what almost entirely their ancestors did. (see note)

I have to ask, what do you believe should the average white person, who did not take part in the injustices of the past but may/may not have benefited from this due to personal circumstance, do to redress the past?

Note: I did the math some time ago - I think less than 15% of the white people currently alive was in favour of Apartheid at its fall.