This came after the 'protests' by some Chinese organisation, wanting to be considered to be able to buy some pieces of the Black Empowerment caked Sasol had put on offer for people classified as "Black".
So this group of Chinese people decided to take Sasol to court to redefine what is considered a Black person in South Africa. Clearly skin colour had absolutely nothing to do with anything, considering the outcome. I'm not saying a person's blackness is defined by their skin pigmentation. But I would imagine it would also have been taken into consideration when christening Chinese people as black.
Can you honestly look at a Chinese person and see your long lost brother from another mother?? I didn't think so.
If they (the Government, or whoever decided on this) want Chinese people to be considered black and therefore get a cut in all BEE deals, based on the fact that some of them were (and continue to be) born in this country, then that means all the Zimbabweans seeking refuge in SA should also be given a chance to get a taste of the BEEness of is all. It's only fair. If people from another continent can just come down here, get citizenship then apply for BEE status, then the same should be allowed for genuine Black people from the African continent. They too should be offered shares.
Anyway... does all this mean that the 1.3 billion+ people living in The People's Republic of China are now considered brethren to the African people?
I really don't know about this.
It's bad enough our black (I mean people who are Black) brothers & sisters are still fighting the system for what's due to them, now even people from another continent are also in the running.
I think as a nation, we are too quick to look for quick fixes to shut people up. Instead of looking at what it really means to have Chinese people qualify for BEE status.
I mean what's the worst that could happen?
The whole SASOL Inzalo initiative ends on the 5th of July 2008. Would it have been such a mission to just delay the process a little bit, at least till the 7th of July? LOL!
Do you think they (the Chinese) would have gone on a strike - Holding up picket signs written in Chinese, which none of us would even be able to understand? Or maybe they would have at least tried to translate to the easietst form of Engrish there is. haha!!
Would they threaten to kill more pets? (come to think of it, have you actually ever seen a Chinese person owning a pet anything?)
Besides, these people live till they're like 108 years old or something like that... and at the rate black people are getting infected with AIDS & stuff, chances are, they're gonna outlive most of us anyways!
Shiiiit!
Next thing you know, we're celebrating the Chinese new year, the Year of the Rat, the Year of the Bull (which also happens to be the year I was born), the Year of Chairman Mao etc.
... just you wait...
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