Butthead’s Beat: Colour should mean nothing
Generally speaking, we all just want to get on with our lives as best we can under our own particular set of life circumstances and make the journey with people we enjoy.
CUT politics out of the picture and it’s amazing how one finds we are all really very much alike.
If it wasn’t for politicians constantly reminding us of our skin colour, linking it to whether we are ‘superior’ or ‘inferior’ because of it, would anyone really care?
All we need to do is respect each other for who we are, what (or who) we believe in and acknowledge that we have a right to choose whoever we want to share our lives with – until ‘death do us part’ or fleetingly.
Be a closet racist if it blows your hair back, but you’re not going to be too popular in this country.
Generally speaking, we all just want to get on with our lives as best we can under our own particular set of life circumstances and make the journey with people we enjoy.
Plus, the vast majority of us are not blind to the suffering of ‘others less fortunate than ourselves’ (to borrow a line from the traditional Rotary grace prayer).
In fact, it would be a very interesting exercise for someone to calculate how we compare with the rest of the world when it comes to charity.
Most people belong to an organisation – whether it be a church, service club, charity group or whatever – and give generously of their time, if not hard-earned cash.
Unfortunately, because of our disgraceful past and demographics, the vast majority of people who need help happen to be black.
Therefore, it’s only right that the Lion’s share (pun intended) heads in this direction.
For example, our Eyethu subeditor Cathy Buchholz (who also happens to be a Sheppie Rotarian) and our distribution man Navin Manilal trekked about 50km into rural St Faith’s on Friday to deliver tons of food parcels to the needy.
About 40 Lions are currently devoting hours and hours into planning their annual show at Port Shepstone Counrty Club. All proceeds go to worthy causes. One could go on… and on… and on…
Good hearts are all around us, not only on the South Coast, but throughout the country.
Alas, rumblings about ‘looking after one’s own first’ are starting to creep into many of these organisations, purely because politicians appear to be greedy and blind to these immeasurable, voluntary contributions to the country. Many feel their selfless efforts are just being ‘taken for granted’.
Politicians out there… next time you are tempted to play the blame game, what do you do for ‘mahala’?
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