Jessica Leandra Dos Santos racial tweets

[adrianh]

Some say the glass is half empty and some say the glass is half full, yet others say that they will keep breaking the glass until the government provides an ever overflowing beer mug

[wynn]

I have yet to see a cardboard sign that says " mna bandwana lambile, awukho mali, awukho umsebenzi'!!!
Excuse the spelling Xhosa was never a subject at school.

[tec0]

I have yet to see a cardboard sign that says " mna bandwana lambile, awukho mali, awukho umsebenzi'!!!
Excuse the spelling Xhosa was never a subject at school.

meaning?

[adrianh]

Oh thats easy, the first part means "I am going to get off my butt and buy carrot seed instead of airtime with the money you give me" the second part means "Then I will try not to smoke the carrot seed to get high"

[Dave A]

My family's hungry.
No money.
No job.

[tec0]

My family's hungry.
No money.
No job.

Thanks my languages are limited to Afrikaans English and a "car" Sign-language

That would be a first to see…

[wynn]

Thanks my languages are limited to Afrikaans English and a "car" Sign-language

That would be a first to see…

And that is exactly why the signs are always in english or afrikaans, reverse racism is alive and well even among the beggars, whities and other lighties can't read an indigineous language and blacks who can don't give.

[Justloadit]

And that is exactly why the signs are always in english or afrikaans, reverse racism is alive and well even among the beggars, whities and other lighties can't read an indigineous language and blacks who can don't give.

Your are walking in dangerous territory here. Making general statements, you may feel so but I have seen the opposite happening on a few occasions, I have seen blacks giving money to white beggars at traffic lights.

[Citizen X]

That's the real danger of stereo types, they are actually a barrier to effective communication. take this stereo type for example" "All Indians are corrupt," Shabir Shaik just happens to be Indian and was convicte for corruption, so the stereo type is reinforced, 'Oh, you see what that Shabir Shaik done, so it must be true, all Indians are corrupt.' In practice you'll then get a situation where you doing business with an Indian, who may be the most credible person around, but that perception is there i.e. I must be careful with this guy...