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Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu? by Niq Mhlongo
4.0
The book is a collection of essays from different authors relating/regarding the 'Black tax' topic and what each person thinks of it basically.
Each author has a story to tell and each story even though somewhat similar in motive to many others, are unique to each family/individual. Some would believe it to be a burden while others would see it as a continuation of a legacy to keep the African family going. It's ubuntu to some and a burden to others.
Some authors are also recipients of said black tax and like most recipients they also would have to contribute back by helping the next generation after them etc.
The stories were entertaining and I treated them as short stories because each somewhat became such. You get an in-depth understanding of where they come from with their arguments.
Black tax, though the word is somewhat unfair to the course is what almost every black person/family goes through. We need the one successful individual to help pull us out of the pit of poverty and into the world of possibilities. It's an investment you hope would be a success but at times it isn't but that doesn't mean you should keep investing in others.
It is who we are as a black nation.
Ubuntu.
Each author has a story to tell and each story even though somewhat similar in motive to many others, are unique to each family/individual. Some would believe it to be a burden while others would see it as a continuation of a legacy to keep the African family going. It's ubuntu to some and a burden to others.
Some authors are also recipients of said black tax and like most recipients they also would have to contribute back by helping the next generation after them etc.
The stories were entertaining and I treated them as short stories because each somewhat became such. You get an in-depth understanding of where they come from with their arguments.
Black tax, though the word is somewhat unfair to the course is what almost every black person/family goes through. We need the one successful individual to help pull us out of the pit of poverty and into the world of possibilities. It's an investment you hope would be a success but at times it isn't but that doesn't mean you should keep investing in others.
It is who we are as a black nation.
Ubuntu.