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Wed 07 Jul 2008Intolerant words starve Africans of the chance they deserve
Where Kevin Myers sees violent, layabout and lazy Africans, I see myself - except I got the chance of a better life through education, writes BRYAN MUKANDI
'BRYAN, YOU'RE a good black. The people who work on our farm are bad blacks." With that, Richard had summarised his view of the world. He was not apologetic or hesitant. No, as far as he was concerned, it was just a matter of fact, and he had nothing to be ashamed of.
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