Monday, March 21, 2011. What does this day mean to you?
Is it about the apartheid struggle, the right of South Africans or a day to remember what we we once were and what we have become? Most South Africans spent today sleeping late, watching a movie or just enjoying the public holiday. The day signifies the freedom that we as South African's now enjoy and share together. The fact that we can now go to any movie theatre and not be discriminated against means that we have come quite a long way.
Do we still have a long way to go? Most definitely. We share diverse cultures, religions and races and this what makes our country unique. It should be celebrated, yet sometimes this still causes rifts between us. Looking at the earthquakes and other natural disasters that have recently caused havock in Japan and the way they handled the situation, makes me ashamed that we cannot work together like them.
South African's are stubborn and need to realise that the only way we can make our country better is by moving forward and embracing each others differences.
We have the right on this Human Right's Day to become better people and a stronger nation. If we have hate amongst ourselves, how will we ever become as great as Japan in a time of crises?
I agree that the dignified manner in which the Japanese carried themselves during and after the earthquake and tsunami, is something that the whole world is talking about. We can certainly learn from their culture and community values.
ReplyDeleteWe need to make the mind switch to look at how we can stand together instead of how we can stand alone.
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