world outside. His family has done
okay. They have a house. They’ve
sent him to a decent school; maybe
he’s even matriculated. He has been
given more potential, but he has not
been given more opportunity. He
has been given an awareness of the
world that is out there, but he has
not been given the means to reach
it.
The unemployment rate,
technically speaking, was “lower” in
South Africa during apartheid,
which makes sense. There was
slavery—that’s how everyone was
employed. When democracy came,
everyone had to be paid a minimum