How could this world be a breeding ground of hate?
Before I started my shift at work yesterday afternoon, I came across this article published by the Globe and Mail:
Xenophobic rage explodes in South Africa
Stephanie NolenA wave of horrifying violence has swept the townships around Johannesburg in the past five days. At least 22 people are dead, hundreds injured and an estimated 4,000 have been left homeless, most of them refugees and immigrants from other African countries.
The sudden eruption of xenophobic savagery has forced South Africans into a moment of uncomfortable self-reckoning, as the newspapers and TV screens fill with images of ethnic-based brutality of a kind not seen since the darkest days of apartheid, and considered part of the past in this country, which fancies itself to be Africa’s beacon of democracy and tolerance. [link]
I cannot believe that such acts of cruelty towards someone else actually exist.
Angela Solis grew up in the Philippines before moving in to Canada in 2003. She became a Canadian in 2006. Angela is 22 years old and an alumna of University of Manitoba with a degree in Psychology. She has been blogging since 2002. She maintains a 