From: mokaba@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: Freedom of Expression
Reply-To: mokaba@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:19:44 GMT

"The black is tribal and in his heart understands only the idea of chief and 
witchdoctor.  .... Only a small percentage has fully assimilated the culture
of the white"   Amen..
Welcome world to the thinking process of a neo-colonial analyst.  In fact this
alegation smack of Verwoerdo-Voster philosophy of blacks as tribal and 
uncivilized.. not the code word "assimilated" that even with my knowledge
of English as a foreign language is clearly in appropriately used.  The 
assumptions that the writes makes are that black are supposed to
"assimilate" the culture of white... that democracy is white. Wrong number
doctor. 
The idea that "only a small percentage of black have adopted/acculturated
is a full of political dormination as the alegation that balcks are tribal.
The word tribal used in this contex does not refer to common desent but to
the alegation of backwardness. A modern way of saying that balck are barbaric.
That Afrikaners with their tribal broederbond and belief in the Judeo
christian teaching are as much a belief as the belief in the power of the
Modimo through badimo seem not to be obvious to the writer. The English 
using this logic in their high regard of the monache will be worse of .. 
The African respect of the monache is not unmique. Japanese French have
chiefs... oops they call them kings. I will prefer to call them Induna's
. 

"In his heart understands only the chief.."
Another neo anthropological analysis of the heart of a balck person. 
Equivalent " The European is highly spiritual .. in his heart reigns only
the image of a dead man on a cross and the voice of the ndona." Some of
the words of the ndona are written for him/and her so that he should not
forget." Well now that we ""all"" how a white man thinks let us now note.
Only a small percentage of them have been assimilated into the 
culture of the Africans.  .... 

The unwritten missage that the writer wants the readers to go away with is
that since they are so tribal democracy is not for them.. We went through 
that path before havent we. And we all know is 'n straat loop dood.  It will
help no one to continue to analys the problem of South Africa as a 
(oops) an ethnic problem.. Unless of course we need to continue the conflict
at infinitum. The Pedi expression " Seja Monna ga se mofetse" seem the 
best expression. Unless seja monna can fetsa him ... the will continue
to be a series of discontent.  

Oner need not dig deep to detect the tongue in Dr Hamphrie's cheek knowing
very well what he is leadinghb to. Ethnic clensing. Please not this time
we will not and the world cannot afford to allow apartheid to get back on
its feet by considering the rather false allegations that are made that
seek nothing else but to continue to DENY  BLACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA THEIR
UNALIENABLE RIGHT TO DEMOCRACY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNING OF
THE COUNTRY OF BIRTH. GIVE ME DEMOCRACY AS A RIGHT AND WHAT I CHOOSE TO DO
WITH IT IS MY RIGHT... 

LET US UNDERSTAND THAT THE IDEA THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT READY FOR DEMOCRACY 
IS AS EVIL AS BELIEVING THAT SOME FORM OF CHRISTIANITY OR JUDAISM SHOULD 
NOT ALLOWED TO PRACTICE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT READ THE BIBLE. ALLOW
ME TO HAVE A FREEDOM OF RELIGION 

LET ME HAVE THE FREEDOM NOT TO BURN INCENCE BUT SEROKOLO
I WANT MY FREEDOM TO CHOOSE NOT TO FACE THE CROSS OR THE TEMPLE
BUT TO LOOK UP DOWN OR WHEREVER. iTS MY RIGHT.  


LET ME HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO GO TO A FORTUNE TELLER
WHETHER TO GO TO A CHOROPRACTOR SANGOMA, TO A PRIEST OR MEDICINE MAN.
I WANT MY RIGHT TO SEE MY TRADITIONAL LEADER AS MUCH AS IT IS A RIGHT 
TO OBSER THE RIGHT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AND FOR GODS SAKE LET ME HAVE 
DEMOCRACY THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO WILL DETERMINE MY DESITINY.

PLEASE, I WANT NOT TO BE A MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN BECAUSE I AM NOT
I HOPE NOT TO CLAIM DECENCE FROM ISRAEL BECAUSE ITS NOT TRUE
BUT LET SOUTH AFRICA HAVE A CHOICE TO PRAY FACING DOWN.
TO USE A PLANT AS A TOTEM AN NOT A STATUE OF ANOTHER MAN

ALLOW ME TO PRAY IN MY OWN WAY IN MY OWN TERM IN THE WAY THAT 
MAKES SENCE TO ME ... IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

LET YOU AND ME MEET INDECIDING DESTINIES BUT STILL NOTE FOR WHAT IT
TAKES WE HAVE A COMMON FATE "IN THE SAME BOAT.. ALLOW ME TO ROW
WITH YOU OR WE BOTH SINK" BESIDES I HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THE PUDDLE
FOR A WHILE NOW .. I HAVE EVEN LEARNT TO SWIM.


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