MONDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2019
I don’t care what the skin colour, gender or sexual orientation is of the state president or any national leader, as long as they are competent and have the interests of the republic and its citizens at heart.
I don’t care what the skin colour or sexual orientation of the players of any national sports team is, as long as they are the best players the country can offer.
I don’t care what the skin colour, gender or sexual orientation is of the mayor, or the members of the town or city council, or the representatives of the community in parliament or any other council, as long as they are competent and know what they are doing, and carry the interests of the people they represent at heart.
I also do not care what the skin colour, gender or sexual orientation is of my boss, or manager, or supervisor, as long as he or she is competent, and has the interests of the business, the customers, and the employees at heart.
Lastly, I don’t care what the skin colour, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language or cultural background is of the commercial farmer who supplies the food I buy in the supermarket – as long as they continue to provide food.
After all, what white person would not care if an incompetent, corrupt person is in charge of the national government or the local municipality, or the town or city or province’s water or garbage removal or infrastructure or health services or schools, as long as the person is white? What person in their sanity would want that? Any reasonable person would say: Give the position to the most competent person who will look after the interests of the community, regardless of their skin colour, gender, or sexual orientation.
Why, then, should one be careful when complaining about incompetent people in leadership positions, just because the person you are complaining about is black? Incompetent is incompetent, corrupt is corrupt, dishonest is dishonest, and deceptive is deceptive, no matter if you are white and the person you are complaining about is also white, or if you are black and the person you are complaining about is black.
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