But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and starts now but at least it has a great constitution now to back it up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world.
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.
It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.
We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.
I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.
Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
I think we should all come together, and that race and color or social demographics really don't matter.
Unfortunately, I have been a little disappointed that we have issues out there like traditional marriage, abortion, school education, and we have so much silence from the black community, from black preachers, because they understand first hand the impact of all that.
This nation is being divided into black and white, and the present system encourages this.