So today is called Mother’s Day here in the United States. Back in England, a different holiday is named Mothering Sunday, and it is observed on the fourth Sunday of Lent. And I honestly don’t remember it being made much of when I was a child. But what I do remember is that my Mum’s Mother (who by all accounts was a rather cold individual) had buggered off to South Africa before I was born. So my sister and I had Big Granny, who was Daddy’s mother, and Little Granny who we met only once when she returned for a visit. I am not sure how many letters Mummy exchanged with her mother, and this was years before the use of long-distance telephones except in cases of dire emergency. Anyway, Little Granny lived her life as a white person in South Africa, although she was not what is known as an Afrikaner. That name applies to the white people particularly the Boers of Dutch heritage who colonized before the British, I believe. The English came later but I don’t know the dates. Since my sister was born in 1942 and I was born in 1945, I suspect that Little Granny may have gone over before then. Somewhere I may have a letter which my Mum received with her small inheritance once Little Granny died. No one else in the family ever went to South Africa, but I have followed the situation there closely since Mandela’s final release from captivity.
And now it appears that the old saying “If you’re white, you’re right; if you’re black, get back” has proven true once again here in the land of so-called equality. With all of the horrendous news pouring over me every day, this is personally the final straw of the craven cruelty exhibited by the man with no feelings. The inaccurately named refugees from South Africa are being treated to an all expenses trip to the States with an official greeting from the White House—just because perhaps the land they stole might be slightly reapportioned.
So, I have to stop now because my knickers are totally in a twist the more I dwell on this travesty. Just like the proposed parade, I would hope that both ridiculous overreaches by the egocentric dolt will be thwarted before they occur. DO NOT ALLOW AMERICA TO BE COMPLETELY CORRUPTED. The Statue of Liberty does not say give me your moneyed classes striving to grift!
RESIST ALWAYS
TTFN
I am reminded that the pathway is not that linear. A linear progression toward equality and equity was never going to happen. We expected that it would. The rise of authoritarians and racists bubbles up occasionally along the way. That is why we can look back and see periods of scarring in our past. Whole towns burned down. Minorities murdered. The era of lynchings. Race riots. Etc. Etc. Etc. The current racist regime will be stomped out as we muster and marshal opposition. You can count on this. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/equitable-equality?r=3m1bs
Dear Katharine, thanks for highlighting this travesty. There are so many daily travesties from the Mad King that I have failed to write about or even take note of this one. I didn't realize the Afrikaners are getting taxpayer-expense-paid trips to the States. Bloody hell! This makes an utter mockery of the asylum law. The Mad King is trying to send a message about all the persecuted Whites in the world. If you were to write a satirical comedy about the Mad King before he took office, no one would believe it could ever happen.