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When I lived in South Africa, I was very nervous if people would laugh at me instead of with me.

— Lesego Tlhabi

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I think the ANC can feature in those things even if they are made up of black people

Because you will speak up about rhinos or puppies – of course you should – but why can’t you speak up about black people?

That’s what I try to do with Kelz – expose the racism that doesn’t sound like racism.

I was like, if we are your friends and went to the same schools, why are these issues not important to you?

I think it’s easy to see when someone says the k-word or when someone is outwardly racist. Micro-aggressions are very difficult to pick up on.

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