How does SA heal from Dudula bullies and Stellenbosch varsity racists? - Our reactions would be more positive if we understand that bullies act out as result of their own pain
, the student who is being investigated for racism at Stellenbosch University, are reflective of how we are not healed as a nation. Our reaction and response highlights the fractures that will keep this country from moving forward and that keep it from attaining the unified greatness it can achieve to the benefit of all.
We have all kinds of isms, the schisms of separation that we know are wrong, but for which we cannot clearly articulate their cause. If we cannot see or dress the wound appropriately, we cannot find a permanent solution. Thus we keep going in circles dealing with the same issues over and over again. We need a different approach where the pain of both perpetrator and victim are honoured. If Du Toit were to sit and have a heart-to-heart, honest conversation with, the young man on whose desk he urinated, it is quite possible they could reach a shared understanding. Perception and understanding bring us forward.
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