I’ve seen the reports, I’ve heard the news and I’ve read various opinions about the recent violence, but I am skeptical of these things. I never know what to believe, who to trust or quite what to make of it all.
This horror has been on my mind a lot but I haven’t been able to get to grips with the cause of it all. All I seem to hear is people outside of the situation blaming this, that and the other, hurling accusations around, throwing odd theories into the pot and just confusing the hell out of me.
I have just found something that has helped me to see things a little clearer. It’s an interview with a Xenophobe and it sheds some light on what’s happening from the perspective of someone right in the middle of it all.
You can read it here – http://www.blogsouthafrica.net/2008/05/23/interview-with-a-xenophobe
I do not condone violence in any way and I think that callous disregard for the value of human life is inexcusable, but this lady’s personal truth is interesting to me. And frightening … these people are so frustrated, beyond listening to “lies” from their leaders. And it’s spreading. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Xenophobia/0,,2-7-2382_2327654,00.html
Where does it end? How does it stop? What can we do?