Almost every South African I have met in the United States is white, and almost everyone on my flight to Cape Town was white. If you think about it, that's not surprising: white South Africans hold about 90 percent of the country's wealth, so white people are the ones who fly.
But I didn't realize what a small percentage of the country white South Africans constitute--less than ten percent of the entire population.
There are restaurants and shops in Cape Town that are visited almost exclusively by white South Africans and foreigners, and neighborhoods that seem like they fell out of the Alps and landed on the base of Table Mountain.
But when you leave these pockets and explore the city, you're reminded that this is a black city. It's just not black at the top.
But I didn't realize what a small percentage of the country white South Africans constitute--less than ten percent of the entire population.
There are restaurants and shops in Cape Town that are visited almost exclusively by white South Africans and foreigners, and neighborhoods that seem like they fell out of the Alps and landed on the base of Table Mountain.
But when you leave these pockets and explore the city, you're reminded that this is a black city. It's just not black at the top.
so it's not that dissimilar from Columbia Heights!
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