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Originally Posted by Frankie M
Hello,
I have a question about cultural differences.
I own a holiday rental house in France and received an email enquiry that included the sentence "We are a white South African family".
I found this very offensive, the implication to me being, "don't worry, we are not black!"
Am I right to read it in this way, or is it normal in South Africa for people to describe themselves as 'white South African' or 'black South African'?
Thanks for any input you can give me.
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Frankie,
I personally think it was useful information they gave you. Some time ago my great uncle Jack and his friend escaped from being eaten alive by a tribe from Meseru. As they sat amongsts the onions and local herbs, beneath a fire of charcoal, my Uncle Jack whipped out his glass eye and held it up to the stars.
Well this made the tribe pannick as they had never seen a glass eye before. The chief was so taken in by it all that he actually made my Uncle Jack their Shamen.
Unfortunately for his friend....they ate him! But I suppose thats just in their nature?
Hope this helps..
Ricardo