We are leaving Cape Town

We are leaving Cape Town

I am currently on the plane on my way to Durban, where we will later travel to St. Lucia. I am sitting in between Stephanie and some White man. People think its awkward that I am constantly talking about race, or refer to someone through their race. I believe it was Chief Justice Roberts, who in one of his decissions, suggested that we will never move away from this racial complex until we stop talking about it. It’s easy for a White man to believe that. He, probably, has never had to deal with the social and political consequences of the racial creation.

But we don’t have to go all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States to see how race is constantly affecting our daily lives, and how (mostly) White folk are trying to deny that their White privilege provides them the opportunity to deny race.

Through our brief experiences in Cape Town, some of the people that I am sharing this experience with also believe that we must not focus on race. While, I would love to agree with what hey say, I honestly cannot. Because race has affected us more than we want to imagine. So, I will continue to push “the race card,” until we all begin to realize the importance of that analysis.