Brett Murray painted a picture, well plagiarized a picture in a way that some found amusing, and others well not so amusing. It even stirred enough emotion up in the country for the dreaded "R" word to start getting thrown around. Besides the fact that the picture is meant to judge our corrupt government via it's figurehead Jacob Zuma, it has dredged up the unspoken behemoth of racism on a national level. Facebook feeds going crazy level. Citizens debating avidly level. I find it quite awesome to be honest, people really engaging with each other, but it has to be brought back down to ground, and buried. What needs to be buried is the "R" word. And I turn to Morgan Freeman to explain why.
It's time to move forward, we are the new generation and we have the power to change things. I believe censorship is necessary in this case. There are some things we should not be free to express, and this is one of those things - it hinders our humanity.
So, I am saying good bye to that word, and all the other words of difference. So that we can judge people on their virtues and vices and not their colour of skin.
Peace
