Today was our last day in Africa. We spent the morning at the apartheid museum. When we walked in, we were separated into whites and non-whites. It was eye-opening to see how the non-whites were treated and how because apartheid only ended 15 years ago, those predjudices are still quite present. The photos and statistics will stay with me for quite some time. It will take generations for the situation with race in South Africa to change.
"To be free is to not merely cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." --Nelson Mandela
Great blog, Erin. You must have been taking notes each day. Dick McCreight forwarded the link to the Mission Team.
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Wow. Did they separate you to make a point, or are they still treating non-whites poorly - even in the Apartheid Museum? Sad.
ReplyDeleteOf course, why would I be shocked? We still have much work to do here in the United States!