The revolution has been Twitterlised

Another sad day at work ended on a rather exciting note. Blackness (for lack of a shittier description) was being dissected on Twitter and viciously one might add. On one side you had Americans (presumably, mainly African Americans) on the other end you had South Africans (Xhosas, Zulus, Tswanas, Swatis, Sothos, Shangans, Anglophiles, Pedis... the list is long and multi colour) Incidentally some international racists with an indiscriminate hateration policy took it upon themselves to put in cheap shots... they don't need encouraging do they?

So the issue was a Twitter Trend (or #TT) that was labeled "things darkies say." In South Africa darkie really doesn't offend as a term, heck there is even a fashion label by Themba Mngomezulu. I never once heard Themba talk about historical imbalances when referring to his label, Darkie. In America on the other hand the term was compared to the "N" word (Nigger if you like your truth straight up) All manner of absurdities went down, and suddenly as Khaya Dlanga so rightly pointed out, "Some folk r going 2 b surprised 2 find that South Africa has enough computers 2 set a trending topic. #thingsdarkiessay" Frankly home truths were outted by the innocent #TT...

One; that South Africa appears to have gone further than America in forgiving and (almost) forgetting the racial issues. Yo, like how long can you bare a grudge...? Come on!

Two; South Africa has some serias pulling power globally, where an inside joke can reach across the Atlantic and poke a community in the eye. "#thingsdarkiessay room divider, colgate for any tooth paste, robots for traffic lights, sta soft for fabric softener, checkers for a plastic bag etc..."

Three; that peeps need to be more open. There was too much getting mad from jump without first exploring the context. "@WendyShow omg have you seen the TT #thingsdarkiessay i think that is racist. i think u should put this topic on ur show." Smacks of trying to start a (day time talk show) mob to go get some "justice".

Four; Twitter has no balls... no sorry that's wrong. What this point should be is that Twitter is lost at sea, every day people are finding out new and culture shocking things about 140 characters. So Twitter should bite the bullet hard sometimes and let things resolve themselves. The reaction from Twitter was to over ride public opinion and remove the #TT in the midst of a lively (and for the most part, healthy) debate "#thingsdarkiessay @Twitter You must neeeever! bring the ball back right now!"

Five; South Africans got together (once again) to voice their collective displeasure and twittoyied with #southafricansarepissed

Six; South African socialite Khanyi Mbau appears to have an intelligent sense of humor.

Seven; Its not that serias after all, but we all taught each other a thing or two. Check this, and this, don't forget this.

I wonder whats next...