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Essay / Do you understand? - 456
Do you understand? There are many grounds for discrimination. Some people are treated unfairly because of their gender, race, religion, language, weight, education, height, etc. Stay with me as I ask the question: “Do you understand? » Do you understand what it's like to be treated unfairly because of the way you look? Do you understand what it's like to go out to eat and be told that "people of your color aren't allowed to eat here"? Do you understand what it feels like to not be allowed to sleep in a hotel because of your color? “Kaffirs are not allowed to sleep in this hotel,” the hotel manager told my cousin Jabu. Maybe you don't understand what it feels like to become a problem rather than a human being. Well, I understand. I know how much it hurt me when someone said to me: “My boy! People of your color don't swim in this part of the ocean. It is reserved for white people only. Leave here. I know what it's like to pay taxes but be denied the right to vote. I know what it’s like to apply for a job and be told that the jobs are for white people only. Verwoed, the former South African president, once reportedly said, “Black people are inferior from birth to death.” Don't you think it's depressing to be treated as less than a human being in your own country? You see, the education of Africans in South Africa is inferior. It made Africans slaves to circumstances instead of mastering them. I know you will be surprised to learn that Africans pay more for their inferior education than whites pay for their education. If someone wrote an article like this, that person would openly invite to be imprisoned without trial. Any form of discrimination is wrong, whether it concerns race, gender, religion, language, education, etc. color. I had no say in my creation. I love my country. I hate the system. I refuse to be the target of all injustices because of my color.