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The day we actually speak about racism in Zimbabwe...some people won’t sleep.
Furthermore,that conversation will take place later today...you may kindly DM me any questions you have and I’ll answer
Disclaimer:Not all white people in Zimbabwe are racist and I personally know a few who are not...this is also based off my experiences as well so let’s go
I started hanging out with the white crowd from a young age,through cricket and tennis which were predominantly white sports at school.I played A team for both so this wasn’t an effort to fit in with them,I was genuinely just good at the sports.
Fast forward,I quit cricket in form 3 but carry on with tennis,by now I’m now getting invited to the “white” parties...usually the only black person but that didn’t bother me cause these were my guys right ???We are all the same after all.
A few parties in I’m now trying to see what the females are saying if you know what I mean,get to know a few of them and I start hearing”oh I don’t kiss black boys” or “I don’t believe in mixing races” and at such a young age I believed this was gonna change....imagine
Fast forward to 2017 and 2018 now we start going to places like tin roof and now I’m being called words like “ghondi” “ munt” “nigga” and on the odd occasion”nigga” so I’m confused and look to my white friends like???only to realise there was a bigger problem..
I had about 2 white friends who defended me but 2 vs 200...people my age or a year or 2 older would call black people “munts” and continue to say “Not you TC” but the rest of them.I often tried to educate and teach others but to no avail.
A few of the “white” girls I knew would often say “you are good looking for a black guy” or “if I was black I would kiss you” of the white girls I kissed, most would get a reputation of “she has jungle fever” or “she dropped her standards” all because I was black
Bear in mind I was your typical high school”jock” or popular guy,played sports and was for the most part liked by many so imagine if I was getting this what the “normal” black boy would get.
I began to ask and try find answers to why things were like this with which I was greeted to “my parents raised me like this” or “it’s just how it is”...countless times I was told To go for the “most unpopular” girls in a squad because maybe just maybe she would kiss a black guy
That’s when I started seeing how deep it was,myself along with @ChikoDubetter @MalabaVelile @tawanda_muyeye all know that how it felt to feel like a second class citizen at a party...what’s worse is that these guys didn’t realise what they were doing even if you told them
I know the “white”boys were probably worse with a few being asked would you kiss a black girl and some saying “sies” a large amount would also refuse to acknowledge Rihanna and Beyoncé
I know the one guy who kissed a mixed race girl and he told me “don’t tell anyone” I was young at the time and felt like it wasn’t my business to tell so I left it...his friends and potentially family would stop hanging out with him for kissing someone out of his race...deep
The hardest pillow to swallow was that a lot of the white people I knew didn’t wanna be educated bar a few,a lot of people would act like they did but would say the opposite behind your back and never empathise with my or any other “coconut’s” experiences...”it’s not that bad”
