It is indeed tragic and repulsive that we as South Africans, who fought valiantly to erase racial discrimination, continue to hurl racist terminology at one another. These hurtful outbursts are a pure glorification of racist barbarity.
Racism in South Africa has destroyed many people of all races, reducing them to hapless people meandering in the lost communities of our democracy. Racism in our rainbow nation graphically reveals its destructive propensities, as well as its capacity to divide a nation into a fantasy of past grandeur.
Acts of racism have been closely woven into the larger canvass of humanity. We pontificate about the divisions and disunity that race and racism cause, and these divisions will continue for another few generations.
Our rainbow nation is awash with racists of every colour and creed. It is a painful reminder that racism still dominates South African society. Whatever detour racism follows, the ultimate goal is dominance. Such dregs of our society should not find any abode in a progressively advancing society.
Never before have we seen such racial animosity throughout the world. Racism is a socially constructed disease of the mind that is caused by a specific form of ignorance. The ugly profile of a nation should not be allowed to raise itself. Our pursuit of a non-racial society has never ended, and nor would it be retarded by racists who prey on helpless communities who rarely question venomous messages.
Across the globe, we suffer from irrational behaviour due to racist practices that have persisted for too long in vile and negative ways.
The spectre of racism, which is never below the surface, has come to haunt us. Racism is evil, and those who partake in it are colluding with the devil. Racism has over the past 75 years in South Africa left its brutal legacy, embedded in our collective memory.
In its wake, human lives have been sacrificed, and bonds of friendship and kinships have burst asunder.
Racial supremacy is pure evil. Those who violently practise it are lost, deluded and in need of salvation. They are completely deceived by their own ignorance and blinded by their racism.
Their actions represent a virulent belief system that continues to spawn hatred. We must not bequeath to our children and grandchildren an uglier profile and a stockpile of hatred and religious prejudice. These toxic and contagious twins have no place in a democratic South Africa.
* Farouk Araie, Benoni.
** The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Independent Media.
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