WE MUST SHATTER THE MYTH THAT BLACK TRUTH MUST BE ANTI-WHITE TO BE TRUE
BY SANDILE MEMELA:
A white viewpoint or black viewpoint. Which matters? (Image: Mirko Vitali/Dreamstime)
There is a disease in Black politics. It goes like this:
If a white person agrees with you, you must be wrong. If the system that oppressed you praises you, you must have sold out. If your truth embarrasses your own leaders, you must have been bought.
This is the lie we use to blackmail our own seers, prophets and intellectuals. And it must be shattered.
Why must we shatter the myth that black seers, prophets and intellectuals have no grasp of the truth? Because that myth says Black people cannot know truth on their own. They can only know loyalty.
The script is familiar. A Black intellectual stands up and says: "The ANC has failed. Corruption i...
