@MellowStardust I don’t think much elaboration is necessary. Black people (including African immigrants) are the backbone of society. Uber bikers, waiters and waitresses, delivery drivers etc.
Essie is a woman from Soweto who stopped her hair business when Jonasi started giving her an allowance. She spends her money on alcohol and doesn't like expensive things. This wig is exactly how her character should look like. Attend any kasi funeral, you'll find this wig
Kudos to the casting team for choosing mostly medium to dark-skinned women. For years, we’ve been sold the idea that “Matipa” has a certain look, usually a yellow bone. This casting challenged that stereotype.
It reminded us that Matipa isn’t a complexion, body type, or face. It’s an energy, a mindset, a set of choices.
Some of the women these men will risk it all for will leave people asking, “Her?” because attraction and temptation were never really about skin tone, looks, gym memberships, or expensive skincare routines.
The casting team made a powerful point without saying a word: Matipa isn’t a shade on a colour chart. She can look like absolutely anybody.
#Polygamist
Here’s mine….I think the whole point of the Abu Dhabi saga was to “protect” Michael Schumacher’s legacy.
Schumacher was always the poster boy for the sport. You could ask anyone who doesn’t know a thing about F1 and they’d immediately picture Schumi in a red Ferrari. His records were so insane that the entire sport thought they’d be impossible to break. Here comes a black driver who goes on to break almost every major F1 record and becomes the face of the sport. Bernie Ecclestone who was the former F1 boss has expressed his disproval of Lewis several times. Such a powerful figure having personal grievances towards one driver makes you wonder. Even after selling his stake, his opinions of Lewis didn’t change. In 2021 during the title fight, he said he was surprised that Lewis didn’t retire to preserve Schumi’s record. He also expressed relief over how the season ended—including the controversial decisions.
The main metrics for measuring F1 success are WDCs and race wins. Imagine what the story would’ve been if Lewis wasn’t robbed of an 8th. The only black man in the history of the sport would be the undisputed greatest of all time.
I feel like that would’ve forced the sport to diversify itself more.
Luckily for us the story isn’t finished yet 🙂↕️
So now you understand the feeling of being expected to suddenly come up with money for something you never planned or budgeted for. You can't even raise a once off fund to assist with the repatriation of your own citizens, yet South Africans are expected to somehow find the resources year after year to accommodate the costs associated with large numbers of illegal aliens. Then, when taxpayers question the strain on public services and finances, they're branded xenophobic. Financial realities suddenly become important when the bill lands on your doorstep, but when South Africans raise the same concerns, they're told to stop complaining and carry on paying.
At 41, Lewis Hamilton stands on the podium as the first driver in Formula 1 to win 106 races. The first Formula 1 driver to achieve 206 podiums, and the first Formula 1 driver to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari.