Plus, community outreach among black, Native, and Latinx communities in the US is a well-known cultural aspect of those communities. It’s part of the racial and ethnic identity of blacks, Natives, and Latinx. We are collectively-minded, while the overall American culture is focused on the individual. Y’all know this, because you’ll have conservatives argue that the reason minority college grads are paid less because they take jobs like “teacher” and “nurse.”

You can see the evidence in black celebrities and millionaires who spend a large portion of their money giving back to the community. They build schools, parks, community centers, and other community outreach. Because if you are a black person with means, that’s just what you do. It’s part of black American culture.

But I have a feeling if I start sharing links about the philanthropy of Beyoncé, Lebron James, Robert Smith, Oprah, and the Obamas, you will deny this to be a cultural thing among African Americans “as a South African.”