District 9 is well worth both your eight bucks and your hour and a half, but that’s not what I’m writing about. I’ve spent nearly a year of my life in South Africa. I can tell you, because I’ve been to the real-life District 9: this is no metaphor.

Sooo… right now I’m living temporarily in Cape Town, South Africa. There are endless stories of aching sadness and everlasting redemption that I could tell you. But for now, I’ll focus on the somewhat innane. I’d say that 90% of white people who live in South African cities have maids. It’s just how it is; [...]