A 31 year old white man from South Africa has sought asylum in Canada on the grounds that he had been attacked seven times by black South Africans only because he was white. He claimed to have been repeatedly persecuted, abused and stabbed and was in fear of returning to South Africa. Apparently he told the Canadian immigration and refugee board,' There is a hatred of what we did to them and it's all about the colour of your skin.' He has been granted refugee status in Canada. Predictably Ronnie Mamoepa, South Africa's home affairs spokesman said the government was ' disgusted ' by the ruling and accused the Canadians of racism. Two things come to mind. First, blacks are just as racists as whites. After all an overwhelming majority of blacks voted for Barack Obama only because he is white and despite the fact that his only achievement to date was that he had voted against the Iraq war. Second, blacks have been hiding too long behind the excuse of having been enslaved by whites. It is true that they were treated abysmally but it is time to move on and develop themselves which they have spectacularly failed to do inspite of having gained independence for decades. If they were exploited by the whites in the past they are wilfully allowing the Chinese to shaft them now. I see no hope for the future.