I spent my adolescent and young adult years protesting and fighting
appartheid. My research is all about post-appartheid healing and
dialogue. I complement my research with activities in the real world.
I submitted research proposal to NMMU on post-appartheid healing and
work and continuing Mandela's work on healing and dialogue. I truly
love the work NMMU is doing and should like to contribute to it as a
postdoc researcher. I admire the colleagues from the Psychology and
Education departments at NMMU who supported my research and dialogued
with me since 2004.
Still, before I damage and hurt my facial muscles smiling without
critical engagement at slogans, I should like to ask the following
question.
Could we condone Mandela and his followers in the ANC for their
policies on AIDS?
Millions of South Africans lost their lives to AIDS. Toddlers were
raped because of the belief that sex with a virgin can cure AIDS.
I know this list has world-leading experts on the subject and I'd like
to have an answer.
Smiling in some sort of life-affirming twitching is not the solution.
The solution is fighting and acting to solve injustices and evils like
appartheid that still reign in the world. Doctors in Syria and
Lebanon are presently risking their lives healing injured people who
are fighting for their humanisation and liberation. They are not
smiling or life affirming. Leftist Israelies are being criticised and
called 'Kapus and Nazi Collaborations' when they fight injustices in
their countries. They are not smiling or feeling life afirmation.
People in East Africa are fighting very hard to save starving Somalian
children. They are not smiling. Americans and Europeans are fighting
to amend the injustices of inhuman Capitalism. We are not smiling.
Nor feeling life affirmation. We fight and struggle. We get meaning
and life affirmation through fighting andc struggling.
Alon Serper
Quoting Marie Huxtable <[log in to unmask]>:
> Today is Nelson Mandela's birthday. Since 2009 18th July has been
> adopted by the UN as 'an annual international day of humanitarian
> action in celebration of Mr Mandela?s life and legacy. It serves as
> a catalyst for each and every person to realise that they have the
> ability to change the world through action.' Check out
> http://www.nelsonmandela.org
>
> Each person is asked to contribute 67 minutes as gifts of
> life-affirming action. How about sharing yours?
> Me - I want to spread a smile - the sort of smile that you feel
> inside when the best in you really connects with the best in someone
> else. Hope you can help by sharing a life-affirming smile with the
> next person you meet.
> Marie
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