Racial divide.

A very controversial and touching topic to the students, facilitators and the rector Mr.Jansen who hasn’t been cut any slack by the media and students of the University of Freestate in all events of the racial scandals. This is mainly because he has been accused of sweeping these racial scandals which keep resurfacing under the carpet. And the secrecy and immediate denial of all events being acts of racial prejudice are what spark rumours and suspicion of this. It is no secret that racism is an ongoing struggle at this university as clearly seen by the events which have caught national media attention starting with the 2008 event at the universities Reitz residence in which students urinated on the food and forced cleaning staff to eat it; four years later on the 20th of February  fifth year economic student at the university Dumane Gwebu was admitted to hospital after two white male students attacked him after having confronted them after they tried drive over him and a group of three black women  earlier that  evening. Yes the matter was dealt with by the university but; the question at hand is would the matter have been dealt with the same way if the incident had not received so much media attention and become national news? In my personal opinion I think not because after the incident had been reported the accused were allegedly spotted roaming around campus, until there was media coverage; the university suddenly became Dumane’s shoulder to cry on. The attack came as no surprise to me because not enough is being done to promote unity across racial borders; instead we have forms such as Afriform which promote racial segregation and deny people of colour the privilege of joining this movement; which I fail to understand. Is the university ignorant to what is happening in and around the school? Or does it simply just not care? There is silence once again surrounding the topic of race; we clearly have a problem which is rooted within our history; racial segregation is a matter of concern, why are we not vocal about it? Whose toes do we not want to step on? Then we act surprised when these incidents keep reoccurring.