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You're right, it's not long. But young white kids who were born years after democracy are being guilt-tripped taught that they are privileged on the backs of others. Is that fair to them? There are some awful, racist white South Africans. But most of us just happened to be born here and are trying to live our lives in harmony with others, working hard, being good citizens,,, the apartheid government got into power by the skin of their teeth, and created an authoritarian police state, with censorship and brainwashing propaganda. Dissent was met with stalking, harassment and sometimes murder by their secret police.

They were hated by most right-thinking people. In 1992 there was a referendum to end apartheid and the majority of white South Africans voted to end it.

But we are nonetheless all demonised, called oppressors, colonisers, land thieves, and blamed for all the country's problems. It's short-sighted, absurd. Easy scapegoats.