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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 586718" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>@Conrad Smith</p><p>Pretty much spot on, rugby isn't economically accessible to most black people, due to the wealth inequalities that exist with this country. I'm as liberal as they come but the government continues to get policy wrong. Much like Black Economic Empowerment, affirmative action and the like the government enacts top level policy expecting some sort of change without developing the infrastructure required. It's all well and good to gift black jobs and playing positions to black players but if you don't have the grass-roots policies to alleviate poverty, create jobs and foster rugby in black kids from a young age - then it doesn't accomplish anything long term, other than making the white minority bitter and inclined to emigrate.</p><p></p><p>Even the most conservative white people in SA love to see a black player do well, we all want to see them succeeding but it doesn't help to just take the spot away from a white player, if you take an apple away from a white guy and give it to a black guy, the net gain is nothing for the country. What we need to do is plant more apple orchards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 586718, member: 59145"] @Conrad Smith Pretty much spot on, rugby isn't economically accessible to most black people, due to the wealth inequalities that exist with this country. I'm as liberal as they come but the government continues to get policy wrong. Much like Black Economic Empowerment, affirmative action and the like the government enacts top level policy expecting some sort of change without developing the infrastructure required. It's all well and good to gift black jobs and playing positions to black players but if you don't have the grass-roots policies to alleviate poverty, create jobs and foster rugby in black kids from a young age - then it doesn't accomplish anything long term, other than making the white minority bitter and inclined to emigrate. Even the most conservative white people in SA love to see a black player do well, we all want to see them succeeding but it doesn't help to just take the spot away from a white player, if you take an apple away from a white guy and give it to a black guy, the net gain is nothing for the country. What we need to do is plant more apple orchards. [/QUOTE]
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