Discrimination, segregation, Apartheid, xenophobia, prejudice, bias, racism, sexism, ageism, exclusion, stereotyping, profiling – this is a set of words tainted by many different instances of humanity’s only basic commonality, the urge to identify the other and be as horrible as one can possibly be towards him or her. Each of these words has a long […]
Tag: xenophobia
Akukho “ukuhlanekezela” la. Lawa ngamazwi ngqo ashiwo yiSilo samabandla, uNgangezwe lakhe: Ngicela uhulumeni asilekelele. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abantu banwaye izintwala zabo nathi sichobe ezethu. Eziphukwini zethu asikhiphe amazenze siwabeke elangeni aziqathakele. Siyacela ukuthi abantu bokufika bathathe imithwalo yabo bahambe. Nani ngesikhathi nisemazweni abo kusazatshalazwa nabalekelela ukuba bakhululeke ngiyakwazi lokho kodwa anikaze nilengise, nithengise lutho emazweni abo. […]
When one talks about ubuntu, it’s easy to swallow the final few drops of euphoria left over from the Rainbow Days and drift off into a reverie where everybody loves each other and we are all free and honest and tolerant and forgiving. There might even be enough of it to drown out the smell of […]
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