By the raw age of 3-years-old, I was already in pre school. Uncommonly, it was an Afrikaans school. When I was 9-years-old, I moved in with my parents and the school I was placed into was predominantly black and the same with high school. I must say, since arriving here, i have met and talked to numerous white people. Of those, three are my friends, one is excessively racist, one is trying not to seem racist, and one who I thought was my friend but was actually 'experimenting'; trying to see if they can be associated with black people. Disappointing.

The other encounter with white people was when I was walking with my cousin from OK and we walked past a group of white people who just so happened to have a few attractive white guys. When my cousin mentioned that they once swore at her for sitting next to her in in class, it got me thinking...Is black segregation really over? 

By what I'm seeing, it is not. I know that the rare black people you'd find hanging around white people will say it's not, and I know that the rare white people around black people will say it is. But what about the rest? The 3 white friends I have made have never alienated me in any way. So what is the difference? Why are black people still trying to prove themselves worthy of whatever it is white people think they deserve? Why is it that white people think so highly of themselves when they are the most basic of all races? 

When will this stop? When will we stop seeing past the colour of our skin and find something better to do? When will we stop repeating the past and start focusing on the future?