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| Oscar Pistorius at his bail hearing |
When Paralympian runner Oscar Pistorius did what has become a daily occurrence around the world by shooting dead his girlfriend on valentines day the media all over the world couldn't get enough of it. Reporting about this world famous hero was an opportunity not to be missed.
But what really got my attention was when South Africa's minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwawa stated during an interview concerning Pistorius' case with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel that "Afrikaner men are brought up in the Calvinist religion believing that they own a woman, they own a child, they own everything and therefore they can take that life because they own it."
This statement provoked outrage and the minister was forced to apologies not to mention that she is being threatened with legal action.
Xingwawa is a complete incompetent minister who has done nothing for women and children, yet this comment she made that caused so much anger is very true. White Afrikaner male culture is all about privilege and ownership and these men really do think they own their women and can treat them anyway they like. Yet here is a minister being forced to apologise just for telling the truth.
This is not something unique to this case. In the US and UK white males have the exact same view that they own everything and everyone. White men are frequently abusing and raping women because they believe they are entitled to treat women, girls and black people however they want to. Yet whenever the victim of this abuse tries to stand up to the oppressive white males they come under attack and get accused of being racist or sexist.
In the US and UK I am constantly hearing how white males are now the most oppressed group on the planet which really amazes me considering they are the ones with all the power and they are the ones who are continuously oppressing everyone else. White males are growing stronger as the oppressor by making the oppressed believe that they are the real cause of the problem. The oppressed now believes she is the one being sexist or racist for daring to try and speak the truth.
This is pure evil by simply blaming the victim for everything that has gone wrong which is so typical of white males excel in.
It really concerns me that when white males start claiming to be the victim of racism and sexism the rest of us keep quite. We will never be free of oppression if we don't do anything about it. Every time these white males go on about being the victim and how oppressed they are. We need to start challenging this lie. Unfortunately so many people believe that white males are oppressed. We need to challenge this evil lie at ever opportunity we get so that people can start seeing the truth.
The problem is white men don't think. They don't question anything. They don't question their privilege in society, they don't question how they perceive the world, and they don't question the how they treat others because it is so normalized in this culture for them to do whatever they want.
ReplyDeleteThey don't think. And therefore they become resources for those in power.