The world we live in.

    

So yesterday, i was lucky to attend an international event some place here in Portsmouth, it was absolutely beautiful! cant remember when last i laughed that much... oh well

During the event, various countries were represented there, in food, dressing, language and the obvious flags. Got to learn a lot from so many cultures. There's truly a lot of beauty in diversity.

So back to my point, at a certain point in time during this event, each country represented by people, had to come out to the podium, holding their National Flags and do a dance done in their country, they would then receive claps and ovations from the audience, especially those also from the same country.

     So, guess what happened? 

This innocent, good looking chap, holding the South-African flag came out. First of all, unlike most people that came out in three's or four's, in the case of Nigerians dozen's, This South-African guy came out alone, smiling and holding up his flag very proudly. I really admired his confidence. You really should have seen the expressions from some people present, some even passed really nasty comments, all because of the xenophobic attacks going on in South-Africa right now.

I must admit, i was one of those who immediately thought 'why would they even bring out South-Africa?' considering what is going on there. But after the program, while people were still talking about it, it occurred to me that 'what exactly has the young chap done to receive such criticism just because his a South-African?' His here, He has no hand in what is going on in his country despite the fact that it is a sad occurrence.

   On the other hand,  it just reminds me that we are all Ambassadors, whether we like it or not, we represent something or someone. Because of what is going on in South-Africa now, I imagine the way some of these South-Africans feel in another mans country.

We really should be mindful of what we do, what we say and what were known for because it really isn't just your name you carry.

#stopxenophobia #onepersondoesntmeaneverybody.