Back and Next - Back and NextA rather misplaced statement
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Editor,
Please allow me space to express my views on your widely read newspaper. As I was en route to see my daughter, last Saturday morning, I heard a statement on West Coast Radio, the speaker saying that as a black person, challenging a white person was a no-go area, regardless of the circumstances.
I was indeed dismayed upon hearing such a misplaced statement. While I was trying to come to terms with that, she literally threw matters from the frying pan into the fire by adding that the "act of a black person doing so, puts his/her career/leadership at risk of being eventually terminated through the machinery of white folks."
As I said, I heard this on the radio receiver of a taxi I had boarded. So I had to wait for about five minutes later to reach my destination. I descended and found a less noisy spot around the rather noisy environment. I tried calling to contribute to the program and point out my disagreement of such a statement, but I could not succeed to get through, and the program soon ended a few minutes later.
However, I would use this platform to challenge that view. I just want to tell the person that the new world order today than ever before is all about leadership that puts humanity first - development with human face - from a social, economic and political perspective. Hidden agenda diplomacy no longer has a place in today’s world, unless the perpetrators hide to shamelessly choose to give little or no regard to such humanity.
So the point, I believe, is not the issue of control or dominance of any group of people or race over others. I actually wonder where was the speaker just a day before she made such invalid statements when our dear president truly expressed views that he has been expressing from day one of his leadership. How about the inaugural speech of US President Barack Obama? I bet she had listened to the later which almost all global media outlets, including GRTS, covered in one way or the other.
Come to think about it, after all, God is not biased in treating us as equals, regardless of our colour, gender, origin, belief or whatsoever. With all due regard for the seasoned journalist who hosted her on the program, I must say that I am disappointed that they didn’t intervene enough to set the obvious record straight.
Please allow me space to express my views on your widely read newspaper. As I was en route to see my daughter, last Saturday morning, I heard a statement on West Coast Radio, the speaker saying that as a black person, challenging a white person was a no-go area, regardless of the circumstances.
I was indeed dismayed upon hearing such a misplaced statement. While I was trying to come to terms with that, she literally threw matters from the frying pan into the fire by adding that the "act of a black person doing so, puts his/her career/leadership at risk of being eventually terminated through the machinery of white folks."
As I said, I heard this on the radio receiver of a taxi I had boarded. So I had to wait for about five minutes later to reach my destination. I descended and found a less noisy spot around the rather noisy environment. I tried calling to contribute to the program and point out my disagreement of such a statement, but I could not succeed to get through, and the program soon ended a few minutes later.
However, I would use this platform to challenge that view. I just want to tell the person that the new world order today than ever before is all about leadership that puts humanity first - development with human face - from a social, economic and political perspective. Hidden agenda diplomacy no longer has a place in today’s world, unless the perpetrators hide to shamelessly choose to give little or no regard to such humanity.
So the point, I believe, is not the issue of control or dominance of any group of people or race over others. I actually wonder where was the speaker just a day before she made such invalid statements when our dear president truly expressed views that he has been expressing from day one of his leadership. How about the inaugural speech of US President Barack Obama? I bet she had listened to the later which almost all global media outlets, including GRTS, covered in one way or the other.
Come to think about it, after all, God is not biased in treating us as equals, regardless of our colour, gender, origin, belief or whatsoever. With all due regard for the seasoned journalist who hosted her on the program, I must say that I am disappointed that they didn’t intervene enough to set the obvious record straight.
Author: Kanimang Bayo
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