White guy relaying a story, of his public holiday experience in Camps Bay in December, to a mutual white friend. I’m in earshot: “it was lovely but I just couldn’t get over how THEY came in. I mean THEY literally came here by the taxi load!” And THEY left bottles everywhere! My friend is visibly embarrassed, tries to change the conversation numerous times. I find out afterwards that while he is going on ad nauseam about THOSE PEOPLE (and I start counting how many times THEY/THEM/THOSE is used) she’s secretly praying that I don’t explode