Entrepreneur and radio personality Tbo Touch’s tweet about black pilots sparked debate on social media.
In the post, Touch said he is often filled with a lot of anxiety and questions whenever he boards a flight and hears the voice of a black pilot.
Posting on Sunday, the now deleted tweet said: “When I board a flight and I hear the voice of a black pilot, tjerrr. I want to know where he graduated, how many years he has flown, is he sober or not, going through a divorce, does he owe anyone money or has he ever been to rehab. These are all the fruits of colonisation.”
Decolonizing one’s consciousness is today’s struggle that’s the gist of #tbotouch‘s tweet. Someone needs to continue with Steve Biko’s mission seriously 😎😎😎these comments ai🤐🤐 pic.twitter.com/xY6PYfGcpM
— Portia Masemola (@RealPortiaM) April 14, 2019
Bro, I hope you don’t feel the same way about black folk starting their own radio stations and media empires. Coz I beam with pride. The grit it takes to succeed given what the odds generally are, probably makes one best suited for the job! Ps. Great wine!! 👌🏾✊🏾
— DJ Fresh (Big Dawg) (@DJFreshSA) April 14, 2019
Sometimes just pause and go look at the source before jumping on the bandwagon.
These are the tweets that accompanied Tbo Touch’s pilot tweet. As you can see, in context, the man is actually calling for support of black excellence and calling out our bias against it. pic.twitter.com/ewd1FnGwi9
— Phil Mphela (@PhilMphela) April 14, 2019