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As long as we try, maybe things will change.
It’s really a hard world out there and everyone is trying to make it to the promise land. We are all brothers of the same struggle, no matter your race, gender age or where you live. In the end we all want to be successful in what we put our effort into everyday. We all have to be on our A- game no matter what.
The messed up part about trying to succeed is you will find more problems than solutions. You will encounter people who really don’t want to see you succeed and that’s when you character is tested. That’s when we discover what you’re made of. As the youth in South Africa right now, we have a young democracy and everyone is still not used to having so many privileges. We all know the history of our country so I won’t even attempt to explain what happened years ago when I myself did not know how to even type.
This young democracy seems to cause more problems than solutions, it seems as if everyone is out to get their own and there is no more working together. When you apply for a job, it is no longer about how qualified you are. They will probably tell you that you have very little experience which makes no sense because you were in school, how were you supposed to get experience while you had exams to study for? What is so hard about giving someone else a chance to have what you have? Why do people feel better for having more than your fellow black person? I am in no way making this a racial article; I’m merely stating that the people who are supposed to help us don’t seem to care much about us. Why don’t they give us a chance? Why are they surprised that we throw ourselves into drugs, alcohol and sex rather than be creative?
I know nothing comes easy and you have to fight to get yours, I’m just asking why do we have to fight our own kind in order to get ours? Haven’t we been through enough hardships? Don’t we have sufficient talent in the hoods we live in to make a difference in the country or perhaps the whole world? I think this is why the most successful people are those who went out and said f**k society’s rules; I’m doing it my way. I really hope this article reaches someone in a position of power who has been able to resist the allure of all the temptations that come with power and is really out there to help out. Someone who is not selfish and the only good he/ she does is so they make themselves look good.
Someone who is willing to give us a chance to advance because we are really trying.
TheNASHmag Ed.
Thapelo Chauque
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