The Liberal Spirit Blog: Revamped

                                                              The Public's Opinion I'm not going to say much about this because I want the public's view more than anything else. So,a few minutes ago i was scrolling down a few stories and one was about a woman who sees colour [Check out the Being Colour Blind: The beautiful shades of South Africa to understand what 'm talking about] and let's just say she also pulled a Zoe or had a Zoe moment with a police officer [not a very smart thing to do now is it Vicki Momberg?] where she was throwing verbal insults and on her hate/racial slur tip and allegedly stated:"I don't care what anyone says, I don't like a single black in Jo'burg [Johannesburg] " so after that she was fined R100 000 to offer Clement Mkhondo by the Equality Court [extracted from the Destiny Man ]. I honestly don't thin...

                                                                    Part I She is beautiful. An image of perfection. These were my thoughts when I first saw Gene and today, she is even more enchanting. I loved her from first sight even though she did not pay much attention to me. I felt my heart pounding out of my chest the moment she asked for my schedule. I’d never felt this way before, the warmth running through my body, knots in my stomach, tingly things running a little marathon from head to toes. I was star struck but I decided to ignore it. It was a sunny day on campus and the warm breeze carried a gleeful atmosphere. I felt like nature was telling me that today Nia, today is your day. The past six months had been horrendous with the passing of my father. He died in a car accident- truck driver was drunk, dr...

                                                                                                        Be Colour Blind "No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, background or religion" - Nelson Mandela I am summoning old demons that have been buried beneath the surface today. I am not colour blind, not at all. I see colour, I love it in all its shades and tones and most of all, I love the blends and mixes you get when you're combining different colours-something beautiful always comes out. In this case, I am not referring to paint, crayons or pastels, today I’m talking about rac...