C LAWS
From study unit 2 , Body Ritual of Nacirema from American Anthropology by Horace Mire (1956) I've learned that other people's perception of you can truly manipulate you into thinking that you are what they perceive you as. The Nacirema system weren't to focus on the health and the natural body of the people but rather to manipulate the people into thinking that their natural body is ugly and prone to weakness. Such in a way that Professor Linton's 'Nacirema ritual' (that he bought in with his North American group ) was poorly understood by the natives as well as the medicine men who've written the ingredients in a secretive ancient language, because they were different and came from a different cultural background. I personally think that the whole system was based on hatred and making the natives feel inferior. So do some of us live in their day-to-day life by spreading hatred towards other people due to their race and a perfect example of this is the Apartheid system
.Unfortunately there has been a history of hate crimes and prejudice deriving from racism,but it does not mean this should be a reality we must live in.As a society we need to tackle racism by taking the initiative in educating people on this social issue.
Shades of coloured
20 May 2024, 21:06
Growing up as a coloured in South Africa, my heritage is beyond the ordinary. Being told you have "this heritage" and "that heritage", but are given no clear indication of where my ancestors came from. Apartheid played major role in this lack of clarity, tearing families apart and mismanaging records. We get so many confused looks when we say "I'm coloured" , we're always met with responses claiming we look like any other ethnicity under the sun.Truth is, we really are.
My blood is mixed, my complexion confuses you. I not one race , I'm many. My root are within my country, but my history spreads far and wide. I am more then just a race , I'm love. Bobotie, breyani, curries sweet, legacy in every street. Where every meal is a told story of ancestors and days of the old. From Khoisan roots and slave ships plight , to India, Malay and African ties. A diverse and strong fusion where each soul belongs. From District Six and Bo Kaap's glow, our music, culture, voices and dances continues to grow. From youth who rose in defiant stand, to elders wise who shaped the land. I'm a South African Coloured bold and free , a mosaic of identity. I'm more then just my skin, I wasn't shaped this way. The ethnicity is in my blood, with long veins of my roots.