We live in such a diverse country where our constitution allows us so much freedom, but yet it is never enough to cut out the racially, sexual, and economic differences we find amongst ourselves on a daily basis.
its been 21 years since the first democratic elections in 1994, but still even today many people still haven’t accepted each other as fellow South Africans. Race still is a big concern in our beloved country, it makes me just remember the words of our former President Nelson who said “Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.”
We are so cut up about how the world or the media’s idea of how we must look has therefore blinded us from our hard fought freedom. We see it everyday that more and more black people use skin lighteners to look more white, because it is perceived by “people” that if you are lighter you are more beautiful or you look more handsome, we use filters on our Phones to enhance our skin colours. Our we still living our own lives or are other people living our lives for us by damaging the so beautiful skins of our fellow South African sisters and brothers.
Where are the days that we as a nation were proud of ourselves just the way we are. I mean we are the only country that is named after its geographical location (South Africa). We are the only country that has 11 official languages, beautiful landscapes, we’re a great sporting nation with a developing economy and yet we find so much to complain about.
Our beloved country is something so special that we are the only country to ever host a FIFA and Rugby world cups on African soil.
It doesn’t matter whether you are White, Black, Coloured or Asian but if we don’t understand each other than this thing we call democracy or freedom has no value. As fellow South Africans we should try to understand each others backgrounds, history’s, languages etc. Nowadays language in South Africa is on of the biggest barriers when it comes to communicating with each other, because we don’t want to understand each other.
That has increased the importance of Social Psychology, the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. If we just mere understand each other than I believe that our behaviour around each other and towards each other would also change for the good. We are indeed a special nation and if we stand together as South Africans we can make this beloved country of ours a home for anyone.
Heartfelt-Opinions 