I am driving in my car past a location - township.
I see 10 little black children sitting next to the road huddled around a box.
My immediate thoughts are: will they kill the puppies in the
box after severely abusing them or will they use the kittens they caught to
knit a life blanket after which they will slowly club them to death like
innocent baby seals.
I drive on and hate my thoughts. Why do I think this?
But it probably true - again - Why do I think this?
I pull over and turn around.
I will go back and say hello while having a look in the box.
20 Rand - 1 euro - will set these puppies free.
Imagine my instagram post: A selfie with a box full of
puppies
with the caption:
These guys saved by the bell #IamABell
#Lucky #PuppiesOfInstagram #IamAHero #AllBecauseOfMyRacistThinking
My last # wouldn't make the cut.
If I saw a group of white children play with a box in a
middle class area my thought would have been: great to see a group of young
future engineers and doctors experiment with this box. #kidsAreCute
#DamnThisPartOfTownIsGorgeous
I went back.
I had a chat with these kids. They were playing with an
empty box. #losersOfInstagram #Me
I don't like my little racist brother living inside my head.
I will try to stop feeding him. If in doubt I shall chose to engage with
people.
#NoPostOnInstagram
