Are you a "Coconut" ?

intel8080 said:
Unfortunately so do I. What black South Africans DO NOT realise is - white people are very sensitive and proud when it comes to heritage, language, cultural values, etc.
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I don't think you should speak for all people and secondly I think you are wrong.
 
If there is any culture today, it is linked to either routine or religion. People, once the begin giving up silly beliefs they start giving up silly traditions and attachments too
 
Schoolchildren from the nearby Xolani Senior Secondary school said they did not support the DA's call for better education practices in the province.

“We don't support them because we already have a good education and they were disturbing us while we were writing our maths literacy exam,” said Sikelelwa Gobile, 17. - Sapa
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Peaceful DA bad, stick-wielding and loud-mouthed teachers good.
 
Schoolchildren from the nearby Xolani Senior Secondary school said they did not support the DA's call for better education practices in the province.
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LOL
 
I was called a coconut while in high school, not anymore though since my English accent has been "depolished" over the years. :)
 
Is begin called a coconut on par with that 'clever blacks' remark of Zuma a week ago?

Seems like insects belonging to a singular hive-mind if you ask me.
 
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MexicanStandoff said:
Its all about blacks chooisng to develop a "white" accent, being labelled coconuts.
As long as they reamin true to themselves and not try and pretend to be white, I don't see a problem.
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lol, in that case my daughter must be a Dasheen :)
 
Just out of curiosity: Anyone in here who only came to South Africa as a adult? In other words, you are a fairly recent immigrant of European/western origin. If you are born in Europe but your parents are non European, do not count yourself in. I will tell you later why.
 
Sly21C said:
I was called a coconut while in high school, not anymore though since my English accent has been "depolished" over the years. :)
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From what I remember about your posts I honestly can't see why anyone would call you a coconut.
 
intel8080 said:
Just out of curiosity: Anyone in here who only came to South Africa as a adult? In other words, you are a fairly recent immigrant of European/western origin. If you are born in Europe but your parents are non European, do not count yourself in. I will tell you later why.
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Yes, I am from Europe, my parents, their parents, etc. Why?
 
Africaner said:
Us Africans are on the one hand very close to our culture but on the other, some of us will embrace the western culture in a heartbeat. You do indeed generalize a bit but all in all you have a very valid point. Young African people care less and less about their old culture. Some do see it as too primitive while others simply do not bother with it at all and yet others wish it never existed because it embarrasses them. Yes, this is the sad truth. Oh and please forgive Knyro, he is a nice chap but you caught him with his pants down regarding that coconut thing and had to say something :-)
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The same can be said for young people all over the world, from European youth choosing to embrace African and Eastern culture, to young people from the Asian sub continent who want to British or American.

As a white South African from Irish Dutch heritage, my own family questions why I have chosen to live amongst the English. They are still consumed by the old conflicts of Irish vs English and Afrikaaners vs English

Therefore this is not unique to South African blacks. It's quite normal. It's also normal to tell them to go f### themselves and that you will go where you feel like going and speak the language of your choosing :)
 
Messugga said:
FYI I'm an African as well. I was born on South Africa and my ancestors were some of the very first people off of the boat from Europe. Calling yourself an African based on any further criteria is bull****.

Now, if you're black: getting called a coconut may be considered an insult to you but really, it shouldn't. Now, I may be wrong about this of course, but from my own point of view, it is a term used by black people who are jealous of what other black people have achieved, of how well they have educated themselves and about how well they are doing in life. It is a term meant to alienate but frankly, in my opinion, it is a term that should be taken as a compliment. I'm yet to hear about a criminal piece of trash being called a coconut. If you are one, you're plenty welcome in my home.
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To me, African is black, caucasian is White.
 
Slootvreter said:
To me, African is black, caucasian is White.
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Caucasian...also include people from, middle east (Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Western Asia) whose skin tone is an olive tinge.
African should not mean a race but rather place of origin. There are many different races in Africa...Arabs, Negroes, San, Khoi.

Race classification is BS. Rather we must be identified by place of origin residence.
 
Crowley said:
FTFY
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Explain to me why it is racist? Where is the insult in African being black?

JungleBoy said:
Caucasian...also include people from, middle east (Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Western Asia) whose skin tone is an olive tinge.
African should not mean a race but rather place of origin. There are many different races in Africa...Arabs, Negroes, San, Khoi.

Race classification is BS. Rather we must be identified by place of origin residence.
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This is true, but generally when referring to a caucasian male, it would be a white male, not a black male?
 
BBSA said:
No, that is the definition from the people who wants to exclude other races from Africa.
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That's not how I see it. I also don't know why people get so touchy about is. To me, I'm a caucasian South African, not a Namibian or a Ghanaian.
 
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