Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2015-06-19
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation says recent allegations of racism levelled against Curro School and the Charleston shooting in the US are a reminder of the implications of allowing racism to foster and go unchallenged.
The organisation has expressed shock and concern following the two incidents related to issues of race.
Curro School in Roodeplaat is embroiled in a fresh racial scandal after pupils were segregated during a field trip while in the US city of Charleston six women and three men, including the pastor were massacred at the Historic African-American church during Bible study class by Dylann Roof who has now been arrested.
Ahmed Kathrada Foundations Neeshan Balton says if the recent allegations of racism against the school are true, then it would appear that the school has not heeded the outcry from the general public that its practices were not in accordance with our highest ideals.
“Barriers such as language should not be used as an excuse to keep children separate. The justification of separating learners, as was done in this case, can easily lead to the entrenchment of racist views.”
Balton drew links between the school incident and the USA shooting.
“The consequences of not using schools as laboratories of nation building could be seen in the Charleston church massacre. The link between the two incidents must be obvious for all to see.”
He says if we don’t foster a spirit of non-racialism among our youth, we stand the chance of many of them growing up believing that the differences in their pigmentation means that they should not see each other as equal human beings and in some instances, as not being worthy of living.
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