tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997375.post110796872400701716..comments2024-03-28T06:56:10.886-04:00Comments on M. Ayodele Heath: South Africa to African-America: 2 Poets Correspond (Letter #1)M. Ayodele Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737258095852489755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997375.post-1125910237513531132005-09-05T04:50:00.001-04:002005-09-05T04:50:00.001-04:00I find it amazing meeting some Americans in South ...I find it amazing meeting some Americans in South Africa. I never imagined that there could be people so opinionated regarding subjects on which they have very little real cultural knowledge. I am a South African living in Pietermaritzburg, and the depth of the issues of which you speak is way beyond your comprehension, as a tourist, which is what you are. You are American, not African, as much as I, as a white person, born in this country, am not British. I am an African, and I resent your ignorant opinions regarding a country which is not your home. Stop chasing your roots, and enjoy being what you are, which is what you know, obviously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997375.post-1125910220611109962005-09-05T04:50:00.000-04:002005-09-05T04:50:00.000-04:00I find it amazing meeting some Americans in South ...I find it amazing meeting some Americans in South Africa. I never imagined that there could be people so opinionated regarding subjects on which they have very little real cultural knowledge. I am a South African living in Pietermaritzburg, and the depth of the issues of which you speak is way beyond your comprehension, as a tourist, which is what you are. You are American, not African, as much as I, as a white person, born in this country, am not British. I am an African, and I resent your ignorant opinions regarding a country which is not your home. Stop chasing your roots, and enjoy being what you are, which is what you know, obviously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com