NOTE: This blog is NOT intended to be humorous!
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| What have we really been striving for as South Africans? |
Have we as South Africans become so preoccupied with race and being politically correct that we have lost our sense of humour? Nowadays you cannot say a word without first having a look around, scoping who’ s in earshot, out of fear that you may be labeled a racist.
I’m coloured, and I have friends of every shade of the rainbow, and I’m not shy to say that we poke fun at one another’s cultures; but at the end of the day we’re sure to maintain a high level of respect for one another. It’s the ability to do this that makes us as South Africans so uniquely funny. We’ve been through so many dark days that all we as a nation want to do is love our neighbor, laugh out loud, and celebrate the ability to have fun.
Why is it so difficult? Quite honestly I think that it is a very small segment of the population that has a problem with this. I also think that it is those very segments of the population who behind closed doors are the real racists. My brothers and sisters of Mzanzi, if you weren’t fortunate enough to born with a sense of humour, then buy one, smokkel one, but for heaven’s sake, just get one, because life is just way too short to miss out on all that is beautiful in this country WE call home?
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