Thuli Madonsela warns blacks against hanging on to colonialism excuse

By Advocate Thuli Madonsela

Black people use racism as an excuse for their failures in a lot of things.

Racism makes us feel like victims and remember that victims never rise.

The reason we don’t succeed after every war is because of our inability to move forward….

* We don’t forgive,

* we keep focusing on the enemy instead of picking up the pieces and building afresh.

I think the reason the Afrikaaner nation was able to build themselves into a formidable nation was to forget the past and found ways to empower themselves.

The Afrikaaners were

* oppressed,

* confined to concentration camps by the English.

The Indians where brought here because the black man was too lazy to work in the sugar cane fields. They lived in desperate, poor conditions…..no lights, no running water, no proper housing.

Yet both nations rose and sent their kids to school.

* they were murdered in thousands,

* their women were raped and

* their babies starved to death in camps.

* But they rose, because they moved beyond the hatred of their enemies.

Instead of toyi-toying, they:

* built their own schools,

* taught and trained their kids to:

* work hard and farm the land.

* they taught their kids real values of respect (ubuntu).

The problem with us Black People, is that we see ourselves as victims. We feel sorry for ourselves and, therefore, feel that we deserve…

* Free things.

* Free houses,

* Free money.

We don’t teach our kids the value of hard work.

Our greatest enemy as a black nation today is blaming everybody and hating ourselves.

We hate ourselves so much that:

* we destroy the things that belong to us.

* we destroy our schools,

* we destroy libraries

* we destroy hospitals that were all given to us by white money!

Check this out:

 1. Of all the Black women raped yesterday, most of them were raped by Black men.

 2 . Of all the Black people that were robbed yesterday, most of them were done by Black men.

 3. Of all the Black owned houses that were broken into yesterday, most done by Black men.

 4. Of all young Black men that were shot and killed or stabbed to death yesterday, most were killed by our Black men.

 5. Of all the Black owned cars that were hijacked yesterday, most were carried out by Black men.

 6. Of all the ATM cards that were swapped, mostly by Black men.

 7. Of all the Black owned cars that were involved in smash and grabs yesterday, most involved Black men.

This is self hate and it is destroying us, Black people.

Let’s face our real demons (US) as a Black nation and rise to the occasion.

We have destroyed the culture of learning within our communities and replaced it with entertainment.

RACISM IS NOT OUR DOWNFALL.

BUT FAILURE TO FIND OURSELVES AND MOVE ON, MOST CERTAINLY IS!

We have over 20 years of freedom, WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR OURSELVES?

* LET’S LEARN FROM OTHER NATIONS,

* LET’S LEARN FROM THE AFRIKAANER AND THE INDIANS AND GOD WILL HEAL US.

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