Jan 31, 2012
Apologies
In the comments section of a post I wrote a few days ago I labelled Wira Gardiner, while Sir Wira Gardiner, a house nigger. In hindsight, that was both unkind and inappropriate and I apologise unreservedly to Wira Gardiner and anyone who took offence. It’s the nature of blogging, really, sometimes you say things in the heat of the moment that you regret. I accept that it was wrong and that I am doing more harm than good. I have my moments, fresh out of my teenage years I sometimes revert to teenage stupidity. That’s one of the big downsides of blogging. You sometimes say and do things you otherwise wouldn’t after mulling over it. However, with blogging you write something and then fire it off to be preserved in cyber space forever. Anyway, I do reiterate my comments were inappropriate and I extend my apologies. I have to realise now, with the increasing weight my word holds, that I cannot go undermining my credibility with silly and hurtful comments.
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Fair enough to apologise. But let's look at the original definition, courtesy of Malcolm X:
ReplyDelete"There were two kinds of slaves, the house Negro and the field Negro. The house Negroes — they lived in the house with master, they dressed pretty good, they ate good because they ate his food — what he left. They lived in the attic or the basement, but still they lived near the master; and they loved the master more than the master loved himself. They would give their life to save the master's house — quicker than the master would. If the master said, "We got a good house here," the house Negro would say, "Yeah, we got a good house here." Whenever the master said 'we,' he said 'we.' That's how you can tell a house Negro."
Ta Wira sought the presidency of the National Party. As the Wailers sang,'Who the cap fit, let them wear it...'
However, I'm likewise inclined to be careful with the carving of words into the ether!
I really take exception to the language used, but I am glad you haven't apologised for the opinion expressed. It is right on the money.
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