Charlize Theron reflects on growing up in apartheid South Africa

[FrankCastle]

As a native to the area. It is rural, plots of about 5 acres each, completely overtaken by Daveyton today and pretty much a crime infested shîthole. It was nicer back in Charlise's day but still plenty of black people who lived and work in the area.

The real privilege was probably that she had the opportunity to travel to the US.

Its called population growth.

 

[rambo919]

Maybe speak to some older black/indian people.

Dont confuse your exclusions and inclusions now.....

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Maybe speak to some older black/indian people.

To clarify, I was specifically referring to the 1913 native lands act

Speaking to older people of any race won't change the wording of the act, I have read the act in its entirety and I know full well what it says.

The group areas act is a different story altogether, but for some reason that is not the one people always get worked up about, they usually go on about the 1913 act instead.

 

[Cray]

Isn't the current discourse that white people still have it better?

I thought we where discussing Charlize Theron's experiences growing up under apartheid?

Fact is that white people had it better before, during and after apartheid. Even after 25 years of discrimination post apartheid. So you can take apartheid out of the equation. Privilege came from long before apartheid. When one group's development was thousands of years ahead of the other that sense of inadequacy will linger for generations to come.

Thousands of years ahead yet insecure enough in their superiority that they had to legislate a system that marginalized an entire population group?

 

[LD50]

Ons meisie van Benoni

 

[rietrot]

Thousands of years ahead yet insecure enough in their superiority that they had to legislate a system that marginalized an entire population group?

The kruger national park has a fence around it to keep the wild animals in.

 

[antowan]

What a random discussion to be born from an ADAMS FAMILY reboot movie?!!!?! Seriously?!!?! How the hell did they get on that topic after all these years? FARK me it is an old topic! Done, dusted, still not understood and never will be. In the wise words of Frozen's theme song. LET IT GO!!!! LET IT GO!!! You are an american lass now... LET IT GO!!!

 

[Cray]

The kruger national park has a fence around it to keep the wild animals in.

And you tell other people to check their racism...?

 

[rietrot]

And you tell other people to check their racism...?

That's not my idea. I just explained it to you because you didn't seem to understand it.

 

[Cray]

That's not my idea. I just explained it to you because you didn't seem to understand it.

No one forced you to compare people to wild animals, that was all you...

 

[rietrot]

No one forced you to compare people to wild animals, that was all you...

So people aren't animals? I'm confused.

 

[Cray]

So people aren't animals? I'm confused.

1/10 trolltrot

 

[Vrotappel]

I am wondering how she would reflect on post apartheid SA if she was still living here and sitting without power today.

 

[Vrotappel]

I thought we where discussing Charlize Theron's experiences growing up under apartheid?



Thousands of years ahead yet insecure enough in their superiority that they had to legislate a system that marginalized an entire population group?

I think you have the purpose of apartheid legislation wrong. The system was designed to protect whites not marginalise blacks. The benefits of apartheid still outshone the negatives.

Just look at all the successful African countries that did not have apartheid... Oops I cannot find one

 

[Cray]

I am wondering how she would reflect on post apartheid SA if she was still living here and sitting without power today.

And Mussolini kept the trains running on time too....

 

[antowan]

You are overthinking what she said. It is weightless. She is pandering to an industry that is making her extremely wealthy. Nothing less and nothing more. She is using their views and opinions of a history they cannot possibly understand (we don't either) to make them feel good and righteous. It endears her to them. Heck she might even be honest in her opinion. Who knows?!!? Either way it is such a volumous and complex discussion that it makes no sense to even go to the effort of mulling it over. Just leave it there. She is not a South African in any shape or form. It is just a badge of honour in some weird way.

We have bigger issues that have very little to do with our past. ESKOM for one.

I am wondering how she would reflect on post apartheid SA if she was still living here and sitting without power today.

 

[Cray]

I think you have the purpose of apartheid legislation wrong. The system was designed to protect whites not marginalise blacks. The benefits of apartheid still outshone the negatives.

Only if you happened to be one of the privileged few with a white skin, Jesus do you really believe this s**t?

Just look at all the successful African countries that did not have apartheid... Oops I cannot find one

South Africa was sitting on the some of the richest gold, diamond and platinum reserves the world had ever seen but apparently our success and wealth as a nation is all about Apartheid....

 

[rietrot]

Only if you happened to be one of the privileged few with a white skin, Jesus do you really believe this s**t?



South Africa was sitting on the some of the richest gold, diamond and platinum reserves the world had ever seen but apparently our success and wealth as a nation is all about Apartheid....

Doing it on how nice a tan someone has or how straight their hair is is stupid. But some kind of system that keep all the communist one side could probably work. Give Malema and his followers their own homeland and it's gaurenteed they will kill each other over the last scraps of food in their communist utopia.


And Zim is the bread basket of Africa and have diamonds.

 

[ponder]

South Africa was sitting on the some of the richest gold, diamond and platinum reserves the world had ever seen but apparently our success and wealth as a nation is all about Apartheid....

We're not unique when it comes to mineral resources, lots of stuff in the ground all over the continent.

Mapping Africa’s natural resources

Nearly half the world’s gold and one-third of all minerals are in Africa. Here’s a look at each country’s resources.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Cray]

We're not unique when it comes to mineral resources, lots of stuff in the ground all over the continent.

Mapping Africa’s natural resources

Nearly half the world’s gold and one-third of all minerals are in Africa. Here’s a look at each country’s resources.

www.aljazeera.com

We are unique in having produced more gold than any country in recorded history...

https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2018/07/11/two-largest-gold-producing-countries-in-history-001573

28% of all gold mined has come from South Africa, the next biggest is the US at 10%.