Is racism in Botswana serious or Berry Heart is being �dramatic�?

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Last week we heard of an unfortunate incident where a certain Allan Bekker allegedly racially harassed local poet Berry Heart during her holiday in Kasane.

Most people would go, ‘Oh, not race, again!’ However we have to talk about such matters. Some black people are uncomfortable with discussing racism because their minds are colonized – the white man can do no wrong in their eyes and to question racism is to “launch an attack”. When dealt racist behaviour, they cower, because ‘they don’t want to cause trouble’.

We can’t have a victim mentality as blacks. Yes, sometimes people

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Is racism in Botswana serious or Berry Heart is being �dramatic�?

Last week we heard of an unfortunate incident where a certain Allan Bekker allegedly racially harassed local poet Berry Heart during her holiday in Kasane.