Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles we had to make sacrifices that they didn't understand. Nobody sees that our grocery bill was insane. Black tax can be summed up as a duty that the child has to the family. Most off the time we find that our families give up so much to ensure that we get the degree. And once we get the job, it is payback time. To me, the time is still foreign. I don't think to me as an African man. I agree with the weight, especially the text. I would rather say family responsibility. Okay, we do grow up in communities that are far behind. Sometimes it's actually quite nice to start empowering people in our communities. If 123 people are giving you know through it means the greater community is gaining. So in order for toe uplift our people, I'm happy toe really do what I can. Black Tex has both negatives and positive. The positive thing for me is ensuring that a nephew get the much needed education. But on the downside, it means that I personally have to make a lot off sacrifices. So a lot of people do struggle with that, mainly because the obligation is engraved within us like deep mentally, it has definitely going to find. I think it's still going too far for a number of people, mainly because off the inability to set boundaries. At one point I had to pay for my younger sister's tuition fee. E didn't look at it as something that I was forced to do. I had to do it because I was not going to look at suffering in my presence. While I can help. I love to be valued because off what I have done for myself and the others members off the community, I think that it's wealth. The thing is, if you're always coughing up money, you're not actually not going to be able to progress because it's a lifetime commitment. Actually, I think that the budget off, how much you can afford, how much you can give them and how far you are willing to do it for. I think so. But I think it's going to take some time and I think it's going to take us, which is the new generation coming up from like the 94 upwards to change it. It is definitely about breaking that cycle We don't want to burden our Children as well. We want to set them up for a great future. We want our kids to be the first generation that actually builds trust funds for their own kids.
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