more poverty

Saw one of the wealthiest townships I know of yesterday. It's quite picturesque really. It's easy to forget that it's not so much fun really, living there.

I saw, to my surprise, a house shack made of a Golden Harvest sign! That's called being resourceful... It was quite a pretty shack. Not like some of the others...

Those people make me think that affirmative action is a good thing. Maybe not so much in its application, but in theory its definitely fair.

I know its racially discriminatory. But it just so happens that our social classes are divided by race (mostly anyway). Blame apartheid. Or blame that for apartheid. Wait no, blame someone else.

Anyway, the point is, race is connected to riches in this country. It's just how it is.

It's just ridiculous to the poor to get an education on par with the rich. They don't have the facilities, and their communty doesn't have the education. Even if one should be super motivated to get a tertiary education, how would he do that? He doesn't have the funds, and not everyone gets bursaries. Even secondary education is few and far between.  Never mind all that. Come to think of it,** even basic literacy is scarce.

So a qualification cannot be the only ruler. Backround has to be taken in account. It's much easier to judge a person based on their skin colour than to research their family history.***

* There are many exceptions to this rule.

** Yes, that's why I blog. To think.

*** Not that I'm at all for 'the easy way out'.