Written in response to this opinion piece : http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/FEAR-The-driver-behind-white-economic-power-20120624
perfectly normal paranoia drives capitalism in every part of
the world, but that has nothing to do with why whites still dominate the south
african business scape. hundreds of years of exploitation and benefitting from
basically free black labour has put the majority of the country's wealth in
white hands.
the reason it will continue to remain in white hands is that the
vast majority of blacks don't learn the lessons about delayed gratification and
entrepreneurship you are teaching your kids until much later in life. a lot of
blacks are still caught in the baas mentality instilled by the apartheied
system; "sell your labour cheaply to Umlungu, be grateful that he's giving you work at all, and brown nose at every given opportunity to ensure that you don't get fired ." blacks need to develop a different attitude/culture towards money
and work. and it is happening. slowly. generation by generation.
white south
africans: can we stop skirting around the issues, making scathing
generalisations about political parties, and give frank, constructive criticism
of the state of the nation? Our shared past is not just history, it has a very
direct influence on the lived experience of millions of south africans, so stop
trying to sweep apartheid under the rug like it never happened. It's the reason
there is such a small percentage of market participation among our majority population
grouping.
you'll realise soon enough that the issue here isn't black vs white
or anc vs da but growing the nations's economy so we can all have a seat at the table.
black prosperity equals south african prosperity.
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