http://theoryofmind.wordpress.com My ultra-personal inner monologue Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:20:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://theoryofmind.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/racism-is-a-vicious-circle/#comment-23 plaintain1 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:20:34 +0000 http://theoryofmind.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/racism-is-a-vicious-circle/#comment-23 PS. I have just finished reading Damon Galgut's novel - The Good Doctor, that was nominated for the Man Booker prize 2003. And again, puts forward this incredible view that the white man is now marginalised and serves no purpose. Eerie! PS. I have just finished reading Damon Galgut’s novel – The Good Doctor, that was nominated for the Man Booker prize 2003. And again, puts forward this incredible view that the white man is now marginalised and serves no purpose. Eerie!

]]> http://theoryofmind.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/racism-is-a-vicious-circle/#comment-22 plaintain1 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:13:07 +0000 http://theoryofmind.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/racism-is-a-vicious-circle/#comment-22 That is not the picture I got when I lived in SA. My partner and I (who are black)were lucky to find work 12 years ago when we emigrated, and I believe that we found work because of our skills. The whites we interacted with still had their work and their standards. Yes, you are right that there was (and still is) an obsession with racism, to the point that I remembered thinking how paranoid the whites were. Blacks cannot get the work because they dont have the skills and it isn't because of racism. Perhaps things have shifted slightly in favour of black people, but you guys still hold the economic power...... That is not the picture I got when I lived in SA. My partner and I (who are black)were lucky to find work 12 years ago when we emigrated, and I believe that we found work because of our skills. The whites we interacted with still had their work and their standards. Yes, you are right that there was (and still is) an obsession with racism, to the point that I remembered thinking how paranoid the whites were. Blacks cannot get the work because they dont have the skills and it isn’t because of racism. Perhaps things have shifted slightly in favour of black people, but you guys still hold the economic power……

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