Ernst Roets
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So if you consider the fact that within the different racial groups, there are different cultures and communities, the diversity, the complexity of South African society is really something that people should take note of. And it's easy to simplify that by simply saying, oh, there are white people and black people and the whites and blacks are in conflict.
So if you consider the fact that within the different racial groups, there are different cultures and communities, the diversity, the complexity of South African society is really something that people should take note of. And it's easy to simplify that by simply saying, oh, there are white people and black people and the whites and blacks are in conflict.
That's so oversimplified that it's a false narrative.
That's so oversimplified that it's a false narrative.
That's so oversimplified that it's a false narrative.
Yep.
Yep.
Yep.
So unfortunately, that narrative is so oversimplified that it's almost farcical. So the one claim would be that Europe is the continent for white people and Africa is the continent for black people. So it doesn't matter that the groups who live in South Africa came from the North of Africa, they still came from Africa. That's kind of hard on the North Africans. Yes.
So unfortunately, that narrative is so oversimplified that it's almost farcical. So the one claim would be that Europe is the continent for white people and Africa is the continent for black people. So it doesn't matter that the groups who live in South Africa came from the North of Africa, they still came from Africa. That's kind of hard on the North Africans. Yes.
So unfortunately, that narrative is so oversimplified that it's almost farcical. So the one claim would be that Europe is the continent for white people and Africa is the continent for black people. So it doesn't matter that the groups who live in South Africa came from the North of Africa, they still came from Africa. That's kind of hard on the North Africans. Yes.
And so my answer to that is that implies that if you apply that same argument to Europe, then you should say black people in Europe are not welcome. They should go back to Africa. Because the narrative in South Africa is whites must go back to Europe because this is black people's continent.
And so my answer to that is that implies that if you apply that same argument to Europe, then you should say black people in Europe are not welcome. They should go back to Africa. Because the narrative in South Africa is whites must go back to Europe because this is black people's continent.
And so my answer to that is that implies that if you apply that same argument to Europe, then you should say black people in Europe are not welcome. They should go back to Africa. Because the narrative in South Africa is whites must go back to Europe because this is black people's continent.
And so the political slogan is that when the Dutch came, they didn't bring any land on their ships. So that's sort of the joke that, oh, you came and you colonized. And the narrative is that they wouldn't say that South Africa was densely populated because they know it wasn't, but they would say that all of it belonged to the black groups who were living in South Africa.
And so the political slogan is that when the Dutch came, they didn't bring any land on their ships. So that's sort of the joke that, oh, you came and you colonized. And the narrative is that they wouldn't say that South Africa was densely populated because they know it wasn't, but they would say that all of it belonged to the black groups who were living in South Africa.
And so the political slogan is that when the Dutch came, they didn't bring any land on their ships. So that's sort of the joke that, oh, you came and you colonized. And the narrative is that they wouldn't say that South Africa was densely populated because they know it wasn't, but they would say that all of it belonged to the black groups who were living in South Africa.
And so the arrival of the Europeans was essentially colonialism.
And so the arrival of the Europeans was essentially colonialism.
And so the arrival of the Europeans was essentially colonialism.