The South Africa Stand

[2befearless]

It's good to take action, Adrian, and make things happen. Nice job.

[Amoneth]

peoples war! peoples war!

[Amoneth]

Sort of a People's War in Africa. If Apartheid continues back then, perhaps Africans would end up forcibly attack it against Afrikaners, remember that era includes conflicts in Nanibia, in Mozambique, in Angola.

[tsfkarc]

SOUNDS LIKE MY KIND OF COUNTRY.

WHERE CAN I GET A TICKET TO AFRICA???????

oh wait the niggers took it over now

[ColosiR]

As you can see, you get some ignorant comments on YouTube. Don't let the negative comments take away from the fact that this is great work! You thought of a great story that has a great message within a historical context. It's really excellent for your first time doing this and you should be proud of your work! Keep it up!

[ae44]

Thanks ben london; you certainly have a lot to say. I hope it helps viewers decide for themselves.

[benlondon1985]

thank you for posting my side of the story. I am sure that you have a valid point about apartheid and i can assure you i don't agree with apartheid. My aim is to make people see that apartheid can not be blamed for everything wrong in south africa. it is time that evryone looked past skin colour and accept that errors have been made and errors are still being made.

[ae44]

I think that when there is long standing racism and abuse a correction that may be unpleasant usually comes. White's have always cried the reverse racism slogan when things finally turn the corner. Take a look at your own thinking on this; it takes at least two years to unprogram a belief.

[benlondon1985]

this is exactly where you show your ignorance. you are directly inciting hatred towards afrikaans people by showing one side of the story and justifying it as right. why not show an alternative side ie. from the afrikaans point of view? that way we would be able to make our own decisions on racism.

[wcapetown]

its rare to be confronted with this level of ignorance and stupidity. benlondon-I grew up in south africa-under apartheid, there is nothing in this video that is remotely inaccurate.Your woeful lack of understanding of apartheid (or its 300 year old predecessor colonialism) would be forgivable if you didn't flaunt it with quite as much glee.

[ae44]

Thanks wcapetown, I could not have said this better myself. I have taken a "hit" on this piece, but it proves my point about the racism that is still prevalent and not recognized because it is so ingrained.

[wcapetown]

ae44-the thanks are mine for taking the time to put this video together--please ignore the comments from these racists--the people writing them clearly experienced incredibly advantage from apartheid and have not quite settled into the notion that opportunity is earned not automatically granted on the basis of skin.

[ae44]

I'm am totally with you on this one. Your encouragment is well received after all of the looney comments I have received.

[wcapetown]

i really hope the '1985' refers to your birth year which would mean you have a few years ahead of you to shift your bigoted perceptions, and that 'london' refers to where you currently live because your type of thinking is not needed in South Africa. And as a ps, I have many Afrikaans friends, who feel nothing but the deepest shame to have their culture associated with apartheid....read some breytenbach and educate yourself!

[yougxxx]

wcapetown - See your in the states?...

[benlondon1985]

Atleast 2 years to unprogram a belief? then tell me,why are black people still blaming appartheid and whites for their "lack of education" "poverty" etc after all these years? they have had enough time and opportunity to build themselves up, but yet when asked why have you failed, they blame appartheid.

[wcapetown]

i certainly hope that the 1985 in your name refers to the year of your birth because it would mean you have some time ahead of you to develop a better moral compass if not a slightly better read brain, and that the 'london' refers to you current residence because we certainly don't need your thinking, your bigotry, or your lack of moral fiber in our country

[benlondon1985]

even now,in this day and age, they still blame appartheid for everything that they can not do. they have had all the opportunities that white people had during appartheid, like going to university etc but they decided it would be easier to burn the university down. Mandela went to a white university during apartheid, did you know? i guess not because you dont know the facts.

[wcapetown]

benlondon, again your ignorance (sigh)--Mandela went to a Fort Hare, a black university, with inferior facilities to most white universities--just another thing that makes his extraordinary vision of non-racialism all the more commendable. something for you to think about....

[benlondon1985]

after speaking to quite a few old souls who worked for white people during appartheid, i heard the same thing from all of them. they all agreed that life was easier during appartheid and they weren't as poor then as they are now. we were the only country who paid our workers accordingly. countries like the us and uk used them as slaves and paid them nothing.

[2befearless]

Takes much longer than that. And, anger fuels a lot of things, not just in yourself, in those you influence. Reverse racism exists MOST in people who have no idea why they are angry. Patience and understanding are what heals, on all sides. For this important topic I defer to the Beatles, and peacelovers. ~ k

[benlondon1985]

How dare you try to justify the killing of white afrikaans people. More white people than black people got killed during apartheid. You promote hatred towards white people. please get your facts right before you post idiotic videos like this.

[ae44]

This is not the first time I have gotten a nasty response from you people. My intent was not to start a genocide on white Afrikaans but for Black South Africans to fight back aganst racism.

[benlondon1985]

but what about the racism on white people? as i said before, more white people died during apartheid than black people. we are slowly being killed because people like you justify the killing of white people. take another look at your video. you clearly have no idea what is going on.

[wcapetown]

ummm, what? I don't even know where to begin...'more white people died under apartheid than black people'...?/???

this is just about the most ludicrous thing I have ever read--its right up there with holocaust denial.

[naudes]

What a bunch of crock you idiot!

Do you think South Africa is better now, NO IT IS 1000% WORSE

[chantel033]

Wow, they still live in shacks. Must be because they voted in the new government.

[wcapetown]

this is a contemptible thing to write

[Zorfie]

cant believe you think this is right

when the boere ruled south africa it was in a good state and look at it now its videos like this that give the wrong perception

you dont have any idea what we are going through and you dont have any idea of whats going on. Look whats wrong with you before you look at some1 else

[thatsthatgirl]

o-Ö

god loves a tryer .... perhaps some singing would blend *wink* snap same pics on mickeyman harhar ~~

[ae44]

thank you for your comment and for watching my movie adrian.