Ag, don't worry. Your grandparents were privileged that they could get work in order to move. So please, check your privilege. /sarcasm
Zoomzoom, this sarcasm is not aimed at you. What happened to your grandparents (and to anyone else in that situation) was terrible.
Oh yes, please forgive me.
I forgot that post Apartheid only whites had the privilege of going to school and university.
In school, I was 1 of 5 whites in a class of 40. Wow, my privilege really shone through.
I took multiple student loans to go to university as my single mother could not...
I went to school and university post Apartheid. Many bursaries I could not get because it was strictly for previously disadvantaged. Many jobs, I cannot get because it is strictly BEE etc.
Apartheid was terrible and I am glad it is over. But this perceived privilege I have for being white is...
Yeah, no.
My grandparents were squatters.
Brought up by my single mother who earned peanuts.
Worked my ass off at school to get good marks to try get a bursary to university, which didn't happen.
Managed to get student loans and worked as a student assistant (20 hours a week) while studying...