Cde's On this matter I personally think that the people who are making a noise are just trying to shift our minds from what Blade was actually trying to rely.
Fact: white people do not expect anything good from blacks. Should you achieve than you must have cheated or committed fraud. Sad but true. Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:00:18 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Mazibuko’s rantings in parliame nt a sad case of a lost Darkie *Mazibuko’s rantings in parliament a sad case of a lost Darkie * * * I specifically remember watching the 20h00 news bulletin, when first encountering the theatrical exchanges in parliament about a supposedly derogatory word used in parliament. Initially I thought it was a joke as the word Darkie is predominantly used in townships, urban areas even Sandton for that matter. The word darkie is casually used by Africans to refer to a black person to avoid the consistent usage of “umuntu omnyama” they mean the same thing. I have not heard any white person rant about “ingamla” which means a white person in township “lingo”; one could say they are antonyms. Now the Minister of Higher Education, Cde. Blade Nzimande was simply illustrating the negative perceptions which are still highly entrenched in white communities about blacks and their failure to administrate government. The word Darkie was not used to refer to blacks in the literal sense, but it was demonstrating the derogatory attitude which is still received by blacks in government from white opposition parties, placing doubt on government whether it succeeds or it fails. The debate in this instance was about the basic education department and the results which came out this year for the class of 2010. Such antagonism is expected of the DA given their inherent antagonistic nature towards the current government. The DA of course in their lily white castles can never fault or fail South Africa and hence we saw the “open air toilets” debacle and still see slumps for black people located right across posh lavish suburbs in Cape Town. Mazibuko is a bright young girl of course and clearly with an equally bright future in SA Politics. She has been privileged to get a decent education in UCT and her abilities and traits have cushioned her in the ranks of the DA. However what does she represent as a young black woman in the current conjuncture and more importantly what role has she been given to play within the DA. This begs the question of, what role do blacks play generally in the DA. Do they simple affirm the racial tones of DA and prejudice against the majority of our people in areas where the DA leads and administrates; or are they a case of Irish coffee foam, white with sprinkles of black particles at the top. Her ignorance on the term exposes the inability of blacks to transform the DA. It exposes the inferiority complex which most blacks in the DA suffer from due to the master –slave configuration mentality which still exists in their ranks- vehemently so. The word is used in Kwaito songs, Hip-hop, Local house tracks for that matter, dialogue in drama series’ and soapies you only find probably on SABC 1 and 2 which cater for the working class and the poor; a constituency the DA alienates in the Western Cape! So therefore one can only conclude that the well polished Lindiwe Mazibuko has minimised her exposure to such a derogatory life and hence the word seems alien and foreign even derogatory to her. Should the rest of South Africans who see no problem with the word worry that they see no evident insult? The Minister of Higher Education is a leader of an organisation representing the working class and the poor and such casual language or word comes naturally; this is the distinction between laptop officials of political organisations who more often than not, rely on statistics and surveys done on their behalf about the state of our people and activists that really seem to be in touch with the ground. Maybe we should invite Lindiwe Mazibuko to a rally or door-to-door campaign in areas where the word darkies is still used. This is the very same constituency being failed in the Western Cape by a woman who has proven on a preponderance of probabilities that she has no interest in uplifting the lives of people who have the same skin colour as Lindiwe. Many have came out attacking Lindiwe, but we should really sympathise and worry as to how many other black youngsters wither away in the illusions of neo-liberal thought. How many other young black South Africans have unconsciously blocked themselves out of communities where the word is used- where such communities are still trapped in the pitfalls of poverty and glance at their television screens, (that is if they have )to admire young black women like Mazibuko who depict a picture of success to many. Is this the New generation Darkie that society is producing, one that wishes to forget that her fellow darkies exist in Langa, Gugulethu, Qunu, Kwamashu, Ntuzuma, Soweto, Katlehong? A darkie which cringes at the word Darkie itself? This reminds me of a very derogatory term which was used to describe darkies in the US which lived in the House of the Master, House Nigger…..ever so loyal to the master at times, sacrificing the niggers on the farm working outside just to look good to the Master! Are these the Pitfalls of Darkie Consciousness……u tell me Lindiwe. Gugu Ndima YCLSA Spokesperson -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. 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