Originally Posted by
AntsyVee
The thing about SA is that even though they ended apartheid and de-segregated their society, it didn't mean that all of the Caucasian people there also changed their views that those of African and Indian heritage are inferior. In some ways, the problems that came with de-segregating their society only reinforced the inferiority views held by some Caucasians. As those of African and Indian heritage struggled to take their place in society and deal with poverty, lack of education and other social problems, it only proved to some Caucasian people that the others were inherently inferior. Even though apartheid has ended, SA is still separated into two distinct societies IMO: the wealthy society mostly made up of Caucasians and the poor society made up of everyone else.
I've had several students from SA, both Caucasian and African heritage. I had one tell me that "if not for the white people, the black people would still be living in the bush". All of them came to the US because of the crime there. One of the Caucasian students blamed the black people for the crime; the other Caucasian ones did not.
IMO, SA has a lot of racial healing still left to do, just like we do here in the US.