Boys this is going to be really difficult for you to understand and I hope that you read this without judgement and with an open mind. Actually no, don’t have an open mind. I’m sure that you’ve heard about apartheid by now, but in summary…  When I was your age… Kids of colour – black, indian, colored, mixed races were not allowed to come to my school or almost any school where white kids went. 

Kids of colour weren’t allowed to swim in the same pools as white kids. Or go to the same beaches. Kids of colour were not allowed to go to the same restaurants, and some of the same shops or Churches. People of colour were not allowed upon the streets or certain ‘white’ areas of town after a certain time of day. Our maids and nannies had to carry dompas or passbooks around with them to … Read the rest