Playing the victim
The other day I read a newspaper article about this man who
the unfortunate encounter with this lady on the street. This man was on his way
to work in his car and suddenly he spots this criminal sauntering on the street
which he prides himself in keeping clean – even though he is not involved in
the community criminal watch.
He decides to take action, by ridding these streets with
this unnecessary announce that plagues this country with its abominable existence.
He gets out of his car, adrenalin pumping, pulse racing, and his body ready for
action. He approaches, stretches his hand to the gods as if asking them to give
him power as he is about to cleanse these streets. He pulls his hand down from
the heavens with such force I swear the onlooker saw his hand ignite with fire from
the fiction caused by the descent of the hand like a NASA space drone
re-entering the earth’s atmosphere.
PA! A resounding slap that sends this vile creature to the
floor. Stunned by such power the creature slowly tries to get up and react to
this attack, but the hero is on fire and will use all of his power to conquer and
defend these streets. The hero will be remembered for his heroic acts for
generations to come, he will make his ancestors proud, and when his time comes
he will surely enter the gates of Valhalla.
So the other day I read a newspaper article about a man who
had the unfortunate encounter of seeing a prostitute roaming around his neighbourhood;
he did what any man would have done. He got out of his car, walked up to this ‘jezebel’
and slapped her across the face like how ‘A-pimp-named-slick-back’ would have
done. He kept is pimp hand strong and told this bitch to get the hell out of
his block, because he does not appreciate ladies like her defacing this
wonderful and clean neighbourhood. Imagine the little white boys seeing such a
lady? They would be distracted from their studies thus holding back the nation.
Stunned and confused the “jezebel” tries to get up but he persists,
by pushing her down to the ground with his manly force… she had no chance of defending
herself. She was embarrassed and vulnerable with no help from anyone and as
soon as this man had left she wept, picked her purse and continued on her
journey to work.
The other day I read a newspaper article about a black woman
who had the unfortunate encounter of being assaulted by a white man in the
streets of Kenilworth, the Southern suburbs of Cape Town.
This black lady was on her way to work – as she is a
domestic worker – and suddenly this man came at her with such anger and such
hate the she didn’t even have time to do anything except to stand there and receive
a beating from this unknown stranger. She tried to get up and go to work but
this random stranger proved to be too strong for her to do anything. She stayed
put and she hopped that he would eventually leave her alone.
He left and she picked herself up. When this evil monster
was in his car driving off, he screamed at her shouting “YOU CRIMINAL!”
When this story had reached a journalist the perpetrator
tried to spin the story as if he was the victim in this situation. He says he
thought she was a prostitute and so he got out of his car and slapped her once.
He felt remorseful about his action immediately after he had assaulted her, he
repeatedly tried calling her to apologies for his actions but she would not
answer any of his calls because he thinks she wants his money.
The arrogance of this man is infuriating. What if that was
my mother or your mother who was on her way to work trying to feed her family
with what little she gets from her job? This is but one recorded incident that
happened in the city of Cape Town, were domestic workers are beaten and
threatened with clenched fists on a regular basis.
Post-Apartheid and we still have people treating our mothers
as prostitutes, thieves and slaves that white men can do what they wish on them
with no consequences. All I’m asking for is respect for your employees and to
treat them as human beings.
Yes, I know that not all white men are evil and have no
respect for other human beings, but when I read articles like this one, I’m
heart broken and pissed off to learn that there are still people in this
country who act like the oppressors that ruled this country.
When will this end?
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