A 14 year old boy was killed during these Afrophobic/Xenophobic attacks in Durban this week. Who knows? He could've been a doctor, an accountant or a revolutionary politician that could've brought positive change in his country.
And he was robbed of the opportunity, he was robbed of time to prove himself, mercilessly he was massacred because of his originality and dark skin. He comes from a people accused of dealing in drugs, stealing 'our women', taking away employment, etc.
What drugs did a 14 year old manufacture? What women did he steal? Who's job did he take? Is it okay to blame an entire people becuase of the acts of the few? Are these the only people capable of doing bad things?
My heart aches as the unfounded and illogical attempted justifications of this hedious crime don't make sense at all. I engaged one of the perpetrators, yesterday at the at the taxi rank, on his perpetuation of this hate. He's so stupid, I almost vomited. Clearly, there's a lot of inane people in our society, unfortunately.
What is even worse is all these people on my facebook saying that it's wrong for an African to kill another African. This disingenouos thinking creates space for the targetting of other ethnicities. How about we say, we are all human? How about we say, it's wrong for humans to kill other human on unjustifiable grounds?
Just know that, that 14 year old boy, was also human. He was someone's son, friend, sibling, cousin. He had people he hung out with, he probably liked the same music that you do and laughed at the same jokes. He was probably tickled by his uncles and aunts when he was just a baby, which was not so long ago. He was human, he was a full human but that was ignored and he was murdered by remorseless thugs!!
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