I wrote this thread ahead of the 30 June march and, for one reason or another, never shared it. I've gone back and forth about whether to post it now, but I don't think conversations about xenophobia should only happen when they're trending. Many of you know that GAO is a team & I am the only foreign national team member. As a foreign national who grew up in South Africa, watching these conversations unfold has been incredibly difficult. I know the realities so many South Africans are living through. I also know that anger deserves somewhere to go. But when that anger is directed at migrants instead of the systems & institutions responsible for inequality, corruption & failing public services, we not only lose, we worsen inequality. This thread isn't about pretending South Africa doesn't have real challenges. It does, serious ones mind you. It's about asking whether we're directing our frustration towards the people with the power to change those conditions—or towards communities w...