Taking a moment to reply to comments! (a rough take on globalization and race)

Hello everyone. Thanks for the comments and questions.
first i'd like to apologize if i don't reply fast enough to your post. This is because i do not have a dedicated internet connection yet. By the way I shall write something about internet and world connectivity. Isn't it wonderful! :D

first let's start with moving around the planet and finding the same things as back home but with a different twist (of course).
I don't think this is sad at all since this is mostly for the better of the people. I mean I love to find working toilets and having a hot shower in the morning everywhere i go. I'm also sure everyone appreciate that no matter where they are from and what culture they have. Let's say that I know that for a fact since it was not like this 10 to 15 years ago even in the french caribbean and i remember people complaining about this tourists and locals alike.
I cannot stress that enough for people that are from rich part of the world: it is absolutely no fun living in poverty. Getting more and more things unfortunetaly comes with a significant loss of culture. This is a shame I agree.
All-in-all the reality of living in "one world" regardless of where you are born is worth the sacrifice in my opinion. There is nothing I dislike most than seeing someone living in unbearably low standard of living and knowing that there is no way for him or her to ever get out of it!


THE other big question about race in South Africa. Please don't take anything you read further as gospel because I have just been here a week and i am probably biased somewhat, but here is my first impressions.

Black people in South Africa appeared to me very relaxed and problem-free at least at some level. It is indeed quite easy to approach them and they have very correct and balanced interaction with me. For instance when going into a store just "to see" and not buy anything there is no pushing and the clercks are still helpful plus there is no special "attitude" or disdain that I can get in my own caribbean island or in small shops even in Toronto. That surprised me a lot since i figure that people need here might need to sell there merchandise a bit more than in French or Canadian territories.

To clearly set the stage, race-wise, I am caribbean-india mix and I look mostly like a black person with indian facial features. My hair is also a little straigther tham most black persons. So there are differences but this is subtle.


The people in Africa tend to move around quite a lot. So they aren't to bothered by the way I talk as long as I keep it short and simple. If I don't talk at all they tend to think I'm from somewhere if not South Africa. Yesterday the taxi driver thought I was litterally from Johannesburg. I was travalling with my partner Marco and his girlfriend Tanya who is clearly White so the contrast must have helped in the taxi driver's assumption.

There was also something very funny about being in a place where the majority of the population look like you, since the first day I got quite good vibes from the opposite sex! Quite diffrent from European France and Canada!

Also I finally settled at a white woman house. The kind that is clearly from higher parts of society. The relationship started a bit ackward, but she did not turned me down and it's getting better.

I'll elaborate more on this particular subject as it is very compelling and one of the main reason I shows this particular placement.

So far I'm very grateful to be living it!