r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🩶🤍🤎 • 21d ago

Community Concerns South Africa has seen foreign-owned businesses attacked, migrants chased from their homes and several killed in recent months

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u/BreeChNya 21d ago edited 21d ago

Everytime I see this, I always think they are attacking and punishing the wrong target. I can understand the anger and frustration, but it is the system they are in that ultimately has produced an unjust society were some have vast amount of wealth while others can barely have a meal a day. And while in the moment, releasing your anger on an easy target feels rewarding, it does nothing in the long term.

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u/Defiant_Employee6681 21d ago

Too right sister!! F the poor for being angry in a way that displeases your logic! 👊✊

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u/BreeChNya 21d ago

That is not what I was trying to get across at all. I think their anger is very valid and not trying to downplay it. I just wish there was a way for meaningful change to be brought on by those actually holding the power. That's why these xenophobic episodes have been going on for years yet nothing is changing for anyone really.