The countries of the North need to look in the mirror and see the ugly face of racism looking back.
There were some apologists for the Europeans, Canada, the US and other countries after their knee-jerk imposition of travel bans in the wake of the revealing of the Omicron Covid-19 variant by South Africa scientists. It was only natural, the argument went, that countries looked after themselves. No, it wasn’t. It was racist and showed clearly that the colonial mentality of “Us” and “Them” is still alive well into the 21st century.
There were some apologists for the Europeans, Canada, the US and other countries after their knee-jerk imposition of travel bans in the wake of the revealing of theIt was only natural, the argument went, that countries looked after themselves. No, it wasn’t. It was racist and showed clearly that the colonial mentality of “Us” and “Them” is still alive well into the 21st century.
Even though it has by now been shown clearly that this variant was first identified here and has been elsewhere for some time – and therefore should not itself be labelled as “South African” – the travel bans remain. With some first class scientists, who did the honourable thing by making public their findings, South Africa finds itself being treated as a second class country.
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