PLAYING THE RACIAL CARD

Racism is an issue that most blacks and minority races are all too familiar with although we tend to erroneously tag it as just a black and white issue which it isn't because even amongst blacks,there are all forms of discriminations: In Nigeria for instance where we are all blacks with rare cases of Peter Osaze Odemwingie the white footballer we experience tribal discriminations. As a matter of fact this race issue is the bane of Nigerian existence; it has single-handedly stopped Nigeria from making any noticeable progress .The polity is forever dancing round in circles because of zoning allocation. However, in a country like South Africa where there are distinct blacks and whites, racism takes a whole new dimension. In as much as Mandela forgave the whites for the Apartheid atrocities, the sore obviously still festers; a little sprinkle of salt and it sizzles. .. Recently a white South African judge: Judge Mabel Jansen has come under fire for comments she made in conversation with a South African Activist Gillian Schutte. The conversation which took place last year according to Judge Mabel has has been taken out of context, Gillian for some reasons decided to share the social media chats now, the activist must have a need of the fire the Judge is undergoing now. Looking at the messages on face value,I see a judge who has had so many abuse cases brought before her that she was merely stating facts as they have been presented to her. However, as in the case of black Americans, it is politically incorrect for a white person to call a black person 'nigger' but perfectly okay for a fellow black to call his brother 'nigger'. Some ladies even prefer to address themselves as "bitches" and "sluts"; that always confounds me because if another person calls them that it'll be regarded as an insult. History in this case condemns the whites and their pure or impure motives. Probably if a black judge had stated the facts that African men tend to behave like brutes sometimes and expect their women to bow down to their every whim and caprices, there might not have been an uproar. Come to think of it, even white men too behave that way. so for the Judge to have said it's just blacks did not go down well with the Black South African men. A closer look at this fracas presents an alarming notion to me: they are not fighting the crimes itself. No! they are upset to be labeled the only ones that do it. And so these monstrosities continue... Last week, a 60 year grandpa married a 14 year old girl publicly in Somalia, a few years back, an ex Governor of Zamfara state Sen Ahmed Sani Yerima married a 13 year old child, the whole politicians and big wigs went to celebrate with him automatically granting him their blessing and approval. How wrong is Judge Mabel then?