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Dear Jessica Leandra, I can only say; “Disgraceful”

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Use of the K-word, in South Africa especially, is a distinct no no. The majority of our population is still trying to get over the negative connotations that the word brings. As a 40 something English speaking white male, every time I hear that word I still imagine short bull whips lashing down on dark skin and hear German Shepherds barking, foaming at the mouth and straining at the lead. I hear marching boots and rifles being cocked. I smell tyres burning as the stench seeks to overlay another even less salubrious sickly sweet smell.

In the army it was a word freely used in an attempt to beat the English sense of propriety and fair play out of us.

To hear children of 18 to 25 years old use the word makes me squirm with shame. Yes, our ‘born free’ children do use it sometimes.

BUT to see someone who has the potential to be a role model for our country, someone who is supposed to be pretty and, by extension, only have pretty thoughts use it is just disgraceful.

What possesses a person who has known freedom and experienced our rainbow nation for most of their life, to sit down and actually type the 6 letter K-word word out in anger and then consciously push the TWEET button?

And then claim it was ‘revenge’ for sexual harassment?

I am deeply sorry for you Jessica Leandra as your ‘mistake’ is now destined to haunt you for a long time to come and I can only echo what is represented in the image below:

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By the way Jessica Leandra posted an apology on her blog – if you feel like reading it feel free to Google her or click through from her Twitter page – personally I think it is a lame apology but then it could be because I am sexist or racist or any one of the ‘ist’s that people throw at you when they play the player and not the ball!

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.