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9 Responses to “Wild White”

1. eas Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

   interesting,the moment wild white sips his/hers wine he/she isnt wild anymore..the pr/marketing idea of wild for yuppies who lost their wild roots at the design store.
   (i often order coffee at the dutch equivelent of starbucks;coffeecompany..theyve got names for their coffee that shame me into silence…my calvinist roots simply cannot say:chunkymonkey or is it funkymonkey..sigh i dunno or frozensmallwith hazelnut..so i either point at the options or say it in dutch..like today..Where I asked for an ijskoffie rather then a frozen..So the cute 18 year old chick behind the counter gave me a little language/coffeelesson..which furiated me into wild white older woman;'’look coffeegirl if you wannna use the marketinglingo and jump through their hoops go ahead..but im sticking with ijskoffee'’ she simply looked bewildered (aw crazy old lady)..naturally ‘’wild white elder dutch woman'’ had a hard time enjoying her frozen bambinosmall sprinkled with the whatsoevers after her coffeelesson..)

2. O~* Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

   haha derek
   i think the “wild white” is bemusing as much for the absurd name as for the fact it actually leaves something to the imagination!
   woolworths is terrible… have you noticed how the packaging of almost every ready-to-eat product actually gives full instructions on how/where/when it should be consumed?

   “ideally served with a crispy french baguette or fresh salad greens for a light summer meal.”

   “enjoy at a picnic with a glass of perky pink.”

   i have trouble buying a woolworths product on the way home from work when it’s late and i’m too tired to cook. i get ratty that it makes it seem dysfunctional to be sitting alone eating supper… eating while checking your email on the way to bed is sooo not the mise-en-scene on the package.

3. narike Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

   (with apology to gwendolyn brooks: the pool players)

   The Wild Whites
   Seven at the Golden Spur

   We real cool. We
   passed school. We

   watch weight. We
   are straight. We

   stay in line. We
   sip wine. We

   attend jazz festivals in June. We
   have no sense of impending doom.

4. femi leadbelly Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 2:31 am

   with an apology
   to the whites..
   trying to be wild
   ..buy some clues
   …
   put on
   your running
   shoes..
   an run wigger
   run

5. mother Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

   those are whites trying to be black…

   dont strut around in cliches..the topic is;wild white ..not confused whites trying to be afro-american,creolsurinam-dutch,etc,etc,etc..

6. Derek Davey Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

   When will South Africans leave the concept of race behind them? How long will apartheid be in our minds? Fok! why does humour have to be dissected on a racial basis?

7. mother Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 9:02 pm

   dear derek..

   .I really just loved the whole concept of wild white…if i have offended anyone with the previous comment..then im sorry.(merely wrote it down as a reply to the comment above me).I dont consider my self a racist,but am getting ‘’upset'’ (not really upset,slightly annoyed)when someone writes about wild whites running around as wiggers..The word wigger is negative towards all races in my opinion. And it brings a funny picture and a nice comment thread in a place where it doesnt belong..

8. O~* Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

   hey everyone… if you haven’t yet, get hold of mamphela ramphele’s new book, “laying ghosts to rest: dilemmas of transformation in south africa”. it’s such a powerful, inspiring read.

9. Derek Davey Says:
   June 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

   Hi all. Thanks for the comments. Hope I was not too heavy in my replies ..

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