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This quote was important to Mathabane because he spent a good portion of his childhood in Alexandria blaming the white people for all of his problems and his misery, but then soon realized that it's not them that are the problem but him, and for the problem to actually be solved he needs to step up to the plate and make a difference himself. This directly relates to the world today. Any time mthere is a huge natural disaster, like Hurricane Katrina or the earthquake in Hati, the victims always rely on the governments help to get them up and running again, when really all they need to do is just pitch in a little bit of thier own time to fix the unfortunate catastrophy.