Recent news got me thinking.

In this multicultural country of ours, it has become a swearword to be a racist, well not if you're black, black people can't be racist. This sentence kind of illustrates my point.....when are you actually being a racist, what does the word racist mean, does the standard definition apply to South Africa?

In the Dictionary, it is given as:

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

I don't usually watch Special Assignment, but the ads got my attention. A documentary about the Suidlanders, a right wing religious group of Afrikaners. I thought, Hey, I've just written a nice heartfelt blog about why I love South Africa and why I dislike the not-so-proudly South Africans, so why not watch Special Assignment and let my blood pressure rise a little? Nothing like some good old fashioned Afrikaner racists to push my temper levels to the limit.

Have you ever wondered why it is considered racist calling a black person a monkey? In Europe the "thing to do" lately has been to mock black soccer players by making monkey noises. We know there have been some local incidents where black people have been called monkeys. All racism right?