KASI MENTALITY

MANY OF US HAVE HEARD THE PHRASE OR THE SAYING KASI MENTALITY BUT DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS PHRASE IS?
FIRSTLY WHERE DOES THE WORD KASI COME FROM?

WELL, KASI IS THE SHORTENED VERSION OF LOKASIE, IN ENGLISH MEANING LOCATION.
LET ME TAKE YOU BACK, DURING THE DAYS OF APARTHEID ALL NON WHITE PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN A THESE VARIOUS LOCATIONS, USUALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE FELLOW WHITE COUNTRY MEN, THESE LOCATIONS WERE ALSO FAR FROM TOWN AND AS I SAID AWAY FROM THE THAN SUBURBAN AREAS.
THESE AREAS WERE USUALLY UNDER DEVELOPED AND NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WHEN REFERRING TO KASI MENTALITY ONE WOULD BE REFERRING TO THE MENTALITY OF ALL THOSE THAT LIVE IN KASI.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF WHAT AM I ON ABOUT, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE LIVING IN KASI ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS BEING DIFFERENT TO THOSE THAT ARE STAYING IN SUBURBAN AREAS.

THEY HAVE BEEN LABELED AS LOUD, THIEVES AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIGGEST CROOKS.
IS THIS TRUE?
ONE THING FOR CERTAIN IS THERE IS A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE LOCATION THAN IN THE SUBURBS AND DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY BUT ARE THEY TURNING TO CRIME?
BACK TO THE MENTALITY, THEY ARE KNOWN AS PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS TAKE THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND ALWAYS SEEM TO GO OVERBOARD IN ALL THAT THE DO eg: SOME BROTHERS THAT STAY IN KASI WOULD RATHER DRIVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR AND WEAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE CLOTHING BUT LIVES IN A ONE ROOM HOUSE, SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY FURNITURE AT ALL OR THE BROTHER THAT HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SOUND SYSTEM IN HIS CAR THAT IS SO LOUD THAT YOU CAN HEAR HIM FROM A MILE AWAY BUT THE ACTUAL CAR IS FALLING APART, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BOTH MY EXAMPLES THERE IS NO BALANCE, THEY ARE ALWAYS LEANING MORE TO THE ONE SIDE.
ONE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IS KASI IS THE LACK OF EDUCATION, STUDENTS IN KASI ARE NOT AS SERIOUS AS THERE COUNTERPARTS THAT RESIDE IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS THEY JUST DON'T SHOW AS MUCH INTEREST AS THE KIDS ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS IN SUBURBAN AREAS.
ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM IS DRUGS, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO EASILY INFLUENCED OR CRACK UNDER PEER PRESSURE AND ALSO JUST SEEM TO BE ANOTHER VICTIM THAT IS SWALLOWED UP BY THE DRUG INDUSTRY.
 
PEOPLE IN KASI JUST SEEM TO BE HAPPY GO LUCKY AND DON'T REALLY SEEM TO STRIVE FOR ANYTHING AND DON'T HAVE GOALS AND AMBITIONS TO SUCCEED.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE ATTITUDE AND MENTALITY OF THOSE STAYING IN KASI IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN SUBURBAN AREAS, THEY LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT CLOTHING, DIFFERENT MUSIC, FOOD AND ARE JUST DIFFERENT AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT GO FOR EVERYONE THAT RESIDES IN KASI, THERE ARE YOUR TRUE BORN LEADERS THAT COME FROM THERE, THAT ARE WILLING TO GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR LOVED ONES BY GOING OUT AND DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET TO THE TOP.
YES THERE THERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN KASI THAT ACTUALLY TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY, BROTHERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SIT ON THE CORNER, DREAMING DREAMS AND NOT TAKING ANY STRIDES TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE.
SO WOULD YOU SAY PEOPLE STAYING IN KASI HAVE A DIFFERENT MENTALITY OR IS IT JUST THEIR WAY OF LIVING?

YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!