Take a stand against injustice and racism even if it's not trending on social media

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OPINION | Take a stand against injustice and racism even if it's not trending on social media The reasons why we have not displayed the same kind of outrage over the killing of black people in South Africa at the hands of police and soldiers are twofold.

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South Africans have been slow to condemn the killing of Collins Khosa, who was killed by soldiers in his house in Alexandra on April 10, apparently over a beer found in his fridge. The soldiers who were present - and whose names have never been published as far as I could ascertain - were ordered to be suspended by the High Court.

 

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One....police killing blacks are black.....two...soldiers killing blacks are black....thats the two fold....had it been white police and white soldiers.....it would have been sensationalised by the fake news media paid by government

What about the lives of Farmers being murdered, Black lives matter but so do Farmers lives.

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