Black History Month - a white man' burden

February is Black History month. What the heck is that? Elon Musk recently advised that it is "ok to be white."

Apart from being tone deaf, being white in society has much more to do with mind set than skin color. There is a divide which is exacerbated in pubic by a dismissal of history. Make no mistake, colonial, religious and political oppression has led us to where we are today.

Any honky whitey that does not feel a least a twinge of guilt is responsible for perpetuating a systemic bulwork that simply needs to be fixed. Society has proven to be resilient and resistant to any attempts to prevent splitting and lumping. The barnyard is as intact as ever.

It still is a jungle out there. This means we must continually remind ourselves of our history, as painful as it might be and find new and creative ways to find reconciliation. Some have cited calls to action, others restitution but on a practical day to day basis it is simply the acknowedgement that wrongs were done, must not be forgotten and at the very least we owe respect, appreciation and brotherhood if not love to the colourship.