A few years ago, the good doctor and I were travelling in Namibia and South Africa for a month or so.<\/p>\n
We stayed at a neat hostel, owned by a very nice couple.<\/p>\n
One night we were sitting around after dinner chatting with the owners and a n artist friend that lives near by, and 2 (iirc) german tourists that were staying there, all white.<\/p>\n
Also in the room was the artists “colored” daughter.<\/p>\n
The extremely earnest german couple were discussing the obvious, to them, “solutions” to all the problems of Namibia and South Africa (unemployment, poverty, HIV infection rate, illiteracy).<\/p>\n
One of the owners of the hostel said<\/p>\n
“Here, we have a joke:<\/p>\n
Q: What is the difference between a tourist and a racist?<\/p>\n
A: 2 weeks”<\/p>\n
The owners and their friend and her daughter laughed a great deal. I thought it was amusing and telling.<\/p>\n
The germans either didn’t get it, or didn’t think it was funny.<\/p>\n
Many ex-pats (american, british, german, whatever) have been here a long time. Some of their views are interesting to listen to. I cringe when I hear some of them.<\/p>\n
Maybe they are right and maybe when we have been here long enough, we will see that they are correct.<\/p>\n
But I hope not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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