The xenophobic attacks bring to the fore a strong criminal
element who remain latently hidden in the community until they are mobilised
into action by leaders who are uninhibited by the way they express their
prejudices.
We’ve seen on many occasions infuriated protesters behave
unruly at Political rally gatherings and in turn, political parties distancing themselves
from the dissident factions who bring their party into disrepute by destruction
of property, looting of shops and general violent behaviour to any political opposition
they may encounter. It all starts with the utterances of intolerant political rhetoric.
Our leaders need to think deeply before committing themselves to their shallow
words.
There is a strong criminal element camouflaged as xenophobia
whose only purpose is to satiate it’s merciless, selfish and violent intent and
in doing so, prey on the fear and ignorance of the socially debilitated communities
they feed off.
This is not to say that the rest of the community are
absolved from any wrong doing, they too are complicit for condoning the perpetrated
heinous crimes that they are full witness too, they may think that they do not
have blood on their hands but they are as responsible as the political leaders
who call them to arms and those leaders who do nothing while people die both
local and foreign.
We can only reign these situations in by becoming active
citizens, build unity in your neighbourhood, join your local CPF, participate
in community events, get to know your local councillor, support your local
businesses. When you nurture your community this way to grow, you are isolating
the criminal elements and giving the
scourge of crime very little room to breath and grow but when you hide yourselves
from your community you end up nurturing crime.
BECOME THE HEART OF YOUR COMMUNITY, SPEAK YOUR MIND TO
PEOPLE AROUND YOU, SAY NO TO XENOPHOBIA BECAUSE BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN WHEN
GOOD PEOPLE REMAIN SILENT.
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