Trapped in a closet of hate

'I am not being racist , i just don't like blacks ,but because of the system i am forced to,' said an unsuspecting white fellow.

My tutor at the best journalism university in the country, once said,'never use a quote ' when starting a news story. For some reason,i have decided to breach the code of main stream journalism.

Since my longhaul flight aboard a South African airways plane to England across the Atlantic,i have never been subjected to racism - of course until today.As i wandered about in the media centre, i heard something that i last heard during the apartheid regime in South Africa.This unsuspecting fella,didn't realise that a 'nigger' was behind his work station,when he pronounced his dislike for black people.I instinctively interjected and asked him to apologise.There was utter silence from the fella and his crew - before apologising.The stunned red faced fellas immediately, asked if there was anything they would do to compensate for inciting hate speech.

I suppose there is nothing wrong in hating black people but if it's done in the public domain,then there is cause to worry.Charles Darwin might have inspired a fully-blown spectrum of racism.He believed that,the white race had reached a full stage of human development.In America the KKK and other Alabama right-wingers still hold onto the mythical theories.In the state of Alabama,my DJ friend was assaulted for 'walking while black' and 'driving while black'.

Probably if i was white,i might have had the same feeling as anyone who hates 'niggers'.

Am not an angry blackman for now but i now really feel marginalised following today's incident.Of course, it's fair comment to say,i hate niggers but if it's made public knowledge then a 'nigger' gets offended.