A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.
Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do.