Happy Teachers Day to Mrs Erasmus who taught me in History class Gr12 that my anger at whites meant I had a chip on my shoulder, to Ms De Beer that told me in Gr1 that I couldn’t draw purple chickens, and to Mrs Black in art class that harassed me for...

not being able to colour between the lines . And to Ms Black my primary school ballet teacher for always shouting at 10yearold me to suck in my big butt because ballet can’t be done with big butts. I was 10. And the only black kid in the class.

Jist of the matter: white teachers stay traumatizing black kids (and artist kids). Why are all ‘good schools’ characterized by all-white teachers Dept of Education? To teach our kids to associate intelligence with whiteness? Ngiyabuza?