by mukolwe » 26th June 2013, 14:48
If you’re an” outsider” with good intentions, you don’t look down at the ordinary Zambian like you’re the shit, then you’ll be paid in kind.
But if you are in Zambia walking like you’ve a gold mine running up your rear end (simply because your skin is lighter than an average zambian) then you’ll be met with what you’re calling racism. Zambians are waking up now and realizing that playing fair to those that treat them like dirt isn’t working. So they’ll tell you to your face what they think of you, and they have every right to do that and you’ve a right to defend and explain yourself.
I hope more Zambians in various sectors can wake up and first and foremost treat their fellow Zambians (yes I mean blacks) equal if not better than outsiders (non blacks). yes i said it! it's about time we took care of our own, it's time we got even.
Zambians have suffered in silence for many years and are realizing now that they’ve run out of cheeks, having turned the other cheek and slapped silly and for what?
So my friend, third generation, forget what your parents and/or grandparents told/taught you, be good to Zambians including the one that waters your flowers and sweeps your yard, trust me you’ll see that Zambians ain’t in fact racists at all as i'm sure deep down you know. the somewhat hostile treatment you've received or observed, if you sit down, pay attention to what's going on around, just be open minded and think hard, you'll understand where it's coming from, it's not blindly directed trust me.
kalebalika mukwai
If you’re an” outsider” with good intentions, you don’t look down at the ordinary Zambian like you’re the shit, then you’ll be paid in kind.
But if you are in Zambia walking like you’ve a gold mine running up your rear end (simply because your skin is lighter than an average zambian) then you’ll be met with what you’re calling racism. Zambians are waking up now and realizing that playing fair to those that treat them like dirt isn’t working. So they’ll tell you to your face what they think of you, and they have every right to do that and you’ve a right to defend and explain yourself.
I hope more Zambians in various sectors can wake up and first and foremost treat their fellow Zambians (yes I mean blacks) equal if not better than outsiders (non blacks). yes i said it! it's about time we took care of our own, it's time we got even.
Zambians have suffered in silence for many years and are realizing now that they’ve run out of cheeks, having turned the other cheek and slapped silly and for what?
So my friend, third generation, forget what your parents and/or grandparents told/taught you, be good to Zambians including the one that waters your flowers and sweeps your yard, trust me you’ll see that Zambians ain’t in fact racists at all as i'm sure deep down you know. the somewhat hostile treatment you've received or observed, if you sit down, pay attention to what's going on around, just be open minded and think hard, you'll understand where it's coming from, it's not blindly directed trust me.
kalebalika mukwai