Racism is alive and kicking
I live in Pretoria East and love walking to keep fit. I experience racism frequently from drivers who deliberately drive into puddles to splash water over me; vile women who drive very close to the kerb to get me off the road despite there being enough space for them; men who shine torches into my eyes while I'm driving on my street at night;My bell rung at odd hours of the night (especially when I was a candidate councillor in the last local elections); my sons being stopped, police called, getting frisked and their cars searched; obscene gestures made; unwarranted insults hurled; the K-word being shouted at me from young occupants of a vehicle in my neighbourhood; and road rage that resulted in a near fatal accident along the N14 and wrote off my vehicle. All this from white people...
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