‘They're killers’: Why I won’t help a white beggar

If you were offended by Lindo Buthelezi’s recorded hazing of a homeless man who had asked him for money on the Durban beachfront, you can rest assured that he doesn’t care.
The recalcitrant marketing agency boss came under fire on Tuesday after a clip of him dressing down a beggar – all because he was white – went viral.
“If the video upset you, I'm sorry for your wasted pain because that was not meant to hurt you but to make you conscious,” he said on Monday, insisting that his online admonishment was merely to start an uncomfortable conversation about race and poverty...

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