the following was written within a South African context, but sadly i feel similar emotions when hearing Mr. Trump, a person who may one day have the authority to use nuclear weapons, repeatedly make blatantly xenophobic and racist utterances.
Mr. Trump perhaps should be made aware of the ancient African concept of ‘uBuntu’ – uBuntu is an isiXhosa/isiZulu concept that espouses “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”
“I am because we are”
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in the belly of xenophobia.
when you see them,
passing by your pretty green avenues,
grab your garden rake,
stone the encroaching horde,
they take our jobs,
they marry our women,
put them all
to the sword,
“bloody foreigners”
“wetbacks”
“nigger”
leeching off our taxes,
stinking up the neighborhood,
send them all home,
or better still,
build walls,
seal the borders,
and don’t allow “them” into our fair country,
seek them out in every street,
in every bar,
and finish them off,
one by one,
finish and klaar,
and rest assured,
if not that,
then atleast fuhrer trump and all his cash,
will find you as many scapegoats you wish to gleefully bash.
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* – ‘klaar’ is Afrikaans for ‘finished’
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