PICTURE: TIMES MEDIA It is to be appreciated that Pastor Andre Olivier apologised for the statements he made in a sermon on Sunday‚ June 26 2016. It is important‚ though‚ not simply to forgive him and move on‚ since his words were not only "poorly chosen" (as he says in his Twitter apology)‚ but reveal deep-seated attitudes and approaches that keep on bedeviling relationships between black and white people in this country.Let us start with the fact that the short clip from his sermon‚ which was circulated by News24‚ was clearly an "aside" during the course of his sermon‚ in which he digressed from his prepared text and "spoke from his heart". This is clear when at the end of the clip he says: "Back to the message."This incident reveals something typical about the life of many white people in SA: we have learnt to be "politically correct" most of the time‚ particularly when we are speaking in public or in the presence of black people. We do this to "avoid trouble" or to prevent being...
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