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Born and raised in South Africa 🇿🇦 | Moved West for safety & opportunity | MSc Business | Pharmaceutical R&D specialist | Inventor | Truth teller |

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As a European writing this with complete sincerity and from the heart, I want to speak directly to you—not as a representative of any “side,” but as one human being to another. I truly believe we need more honest, vulnerable conversations across our differences, and I’m asking you to hear me out with the same openness I’m trying to bring.
We Europeans have built societies that, through innovation, exploration, and sheer drive, created things like widespread electricity, modern medicine that saves millions of lives every year, the internet that connects the entire planet, cell phones in almost every hand, airplanes, vaccines, clean water systems on a massive scale, and some of the most advanced civilizations in recorded history. These aren’t small gifts—they’ve transformed how humanity lives, survives, and dreams. We’ve proven ourselves capable of extraordinary system-building, invention, and a relentless pursuit of progress that has lifted standards of living for billions, including many in Africa and the diaspora.
At the same time, I can look at Black people—your people—and without hesitation say: you are incredible. The speed, power, and grace of Black athletes in running, jumping, and dominating sports like sprinting or basketball is something the world marvels at. It’s not just talent; it’s a testament to resilience, discipline, and raw human excellence that commands respect. We Europeans notice and celebrate that openly. We cheer for it, study it, and honor it.
So here’s my gentle, earnest plea: Could you take a step back—just for a moment—and consider extending the same recognition in the other direction? Could you see our race, our cultures, and the heritage tied to them as something equally incredible? Something worth appreciating for the breakthroughs it has brought to the world, even if imperfectly or at great cost to others? Something worth wanting to preserve, not erase or diminish, because those linked heritages—art, philosophy, science, engineering, music, literature—have shaped the modern world we all share.
I’m not asking you to ignore history’s pain—the exploitation, the violence, the stolen lives and lands, the deep wounds inflicted during conquests and colonialism. That suffering is real, it was wrong, and it must never be forgotten or excused. I feel deep sorrow for what was done in the name of “progress,” and I know many Europeans do too.
But here’s the wider truth I hope we can both hold: every single race and people on this planet has, at some point in history, caused pain, waged wars, conquered, enslaved, and exploited others. The Mongols swept across continents leaving devastation; African kingdoms waged wars of conquest and participated in the slave trade; the Ottoman Empire expanded through military campaigns; the Aztecs and Incas built empires through subjugation; Arab traders and empires were deeply involved in centuries of trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean slave routes; Asian dynasties fought brutal wars of domination. No group has clean hands. Human history is soaked in conquest endeavors from every corner of the globe—not just from Europeans.
That doesn’t excuse what happened under European colonialism. It doesn’t lessen the specific pain it caused Black people, Indigenous peoples, and others. But it does mean we’re all part of the same flawed human story. No race gets to claim moral perfection; we’ve all inflicted and suffered.
So I’m begging for mutual empathy here. If we can admire Black excellence without resentment, perhaps you can admire European contributions without seeing them only as debt or domination. We share this planet now. The technologies, medicines, and comforts aren’t “ours” anymore—they belong to humanity. But the cultures and peoples behind them deserve recognition and preservation from everyone.
I just want us to look at each other and say, “You are remarkable too,” without it feeling like a competition or a threat.
What do you think? #rsa #eu @elonmusk

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@tsiko_the_nomad @magattew Dumb bitch

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How the Admission System Allows Entry with “Lower” Marks
Wits uses a Composite Index (CI) score or similar weighted system for MBChB selection (updated over time, but core principles remain from reforms around 2014 onward):
• 40% of places go to the top academic performers overall (pure merit, based on matric results + National Benchmark Tests/NBTs). These are often from better-resourced schools, and marks are very high (e.g., 80–90%+ averages).
• 60% of places are allocated to categories targeting previously disadvantaged applicants (this is the key part for the students you mentioned). Within this:
• Top performers from quintile 1–2 schools (poorest, most under-resourced government schools—often in townships or rural areas).
• Top performers from rural areas.
• Top performers from African and Coloured applicants (or historically disadvantaged groups more broadly).
• Other factors: Socioeconomic background (e.g., low family income), first-generation university students, etc.
In these targeted categories, applicants compete only against others in the same disadvantaged group—not the entire pool. So, a student with an APS of 35–40 (or even lower in some cases) from a quintile 1 rural school could rank very highly in their category and get in, while someone with higher marks from a well-resourced school might miss out if they don’t qualify in the merit pool.

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@tsiko_the_nomad @magattew So 60% just got in for being black. You have NO idea how fucked you are when you get a black doctor in sa. Turn in the tv. See your politicians layers see their doctors. You may get a shock.

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Just grok it then: Equity/redress admissions: Wits uses a weighted selection process to increase access for previously disadvantaged groups (including black, coloured, Indian, and rural/low-income students).
• A significant portion of places (historically around 60%) is allocated to categories like top performers from rural areas, poor schools/quintile 1–3 schools, and disadvantaged backgrounds.
• This replaced older race-based quotas with disadvantage-focused criteria (e.g., family income, schooling quality, rural origin) to promote inclusivity.
• The policy has evolved to balance merit with redress—e.g., 40% merit-based, with the rest targeted at underrepresented/disadvantaged applicants.

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@RedChapterOne @sljaaadm @HomeIIIV @rashid_kay Go buy a weave or hair straighter with your skinning products we remain who we are

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@RedChapterOne @sljaaadm @HomeIIIV @rashid_kay

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@tsiko_the_nomad @magattew You do get admitted into med with poor marks if you are black. Fucking hell. I asked them and they literally said “ they were the best fails” on the GEMP entry exams. Meaning they got pushed in cause of race… yohhh you have NO idea

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@NailanePhalatse @Koos547843 @ProudlyMsTee @Rahul_AJ_1990

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@Tsibink1 @NailanePhalatse @Koos547843 @ProudlyMsTee @Rahul_AJ_1990 Show me the stats

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@mack_sand Were you in this picture ? It’s like all you have. If you didn’t have Apartied I guess who would you blame for you shit life ? Yourself your lack of work ethic your low IQ and you shit government ? Must be nice to hide behind Apartied and colonialism

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@Brian5_8_1899 @zerohedge Designed not to be LOL

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@NYOpenNews @zerohedge IQ has little to do with schooling fuck it pissed me off when people can’t grasp a concept

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@DrLifesgud @grok lol get wrecked RACiST selabongani poesneus

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@DrLifesgud Hey @grok since BEE was introduced in South Africa did the inequality gap get worse ? Would free capitalism and removing it be better for the economy and thus create more jobs ?

[Grok @grok]

Data: SA Gini ~63 (stable/high since 2003 BEE intro; was ~59 pre-1994, peaked 65 post). Inter-racial gaps narrowed modestly (black middle class grew), but intra-Black inequality rose; overall remains world's highest.

Unemployment: 23% (2003) → 33% (2024).

BEE: boosted a small connected elite via ownership/deals; studies show minimal broad impact, high compliance costs, fronting/corruption. Slowed investment/growth.

Freer capitalism (merit-based, less mandates) likely superior: correlates with faster jobs/GDP in comparable economies. Evidence points to reform over acceleration.

[Dane @UltraDane]

France 🇫🇷 🤌 Japanese nationalists are sharing a recent clip inside Paris, France.

They're warning Japanese people ~ "This is what happens when you welcome millions of Africans. They turn your cities into Africa."

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

The people responsible for this belong in prison.

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@Vhonan1M @Rahul_AJ_1990 You think these low class “boets” can afford to live in Steyn city lol. They were visitors if you read the news. Typical bantu mentality. Every white is a rich one hey

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@Malik__73 @Rahul_AJ_1990