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Originally Posted by Mikey
Awesome post Twinco.
I have a question though, I didn't want to ask before because I figured it'd be a touchy subject but seeing as kitchkinet broke the ice I might as well ask.
Are all white people from SA filthy rich or very well off?
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No problem Mikey
I am willing to discuss any subject, I enjoy debate.
Nope to answer your question, an interesting change in SA is that affirmative action was made law, meaning that a previously disadvantaged person (black, coloured indian, asian, white women etc) would have a better chance of employment. This got the white masses up in arms because there are many levels of education amongst whites & very diverse personalities, some have entepreneurial spirit & make a success of a business venture & others fail. There is a segment of the white population I guess at about 35% that fall into the poverty segment, the previous middle class suburban type white
takes up a further 40% & the balance are wealthy.
What is interesting to note is that the middle class white is being marginalised & an upper middle class black has risen in the ranks above his white counterpart. The previous black suburbs have some whites living there now & there is a massive influx into the previous white suburbs by black people. The road in which I live has 14 properties & the nationalities are 2 black families, 2 portuguese families, 1 italian family, 1 german family, 2 greek families & 6 SA families. in my suburb we certainly do not have racial friction, we all know each other & greet each other & chat when we run into each other. Our road is blocked off & allows only private access & the kids all congregate in the street after 16h00 & play soccer etc together & ride their bikes & quads etc up & down the road.
It is different in rural areas, there is not much work & the black population to white population ratio is 90 to 10 approximately. Consequently many black people are unemployed The wealth lies mostly in white hands but this has also been a consequence of apartheid. It had so many facets. Black people were encouraged to do subsistence farming & were not taught the basics like contour ploughing & allowing the land to lie fallow & rotating crops. The results are self explanatory but there is a generation of black commercial farmers rising up now, much to the charign of the white farmers. Many of these guys still believe in the old ways, but to me, the old fifo principle applies to the white farmers generally.
I hope that answers your questions.