Mark Mathabane

Mark Mathabane (Born;18 October 1960) is a South African author, lecturer, and a former collegiate tennis player and college professor. Quotes Having lived in South Africa and the U.S., I think that racism will always exist. For one reason or another, there will always be people who are driven by fear, who deny the humanity of others. In South Africa, the problem is not so much the white people as it is apartheid. Apartheid has codified racism as a means to preserve its own power. When I came to the U.S. in 1978, I believed that America had long since resolved its racial problems, that blacks were equal citizens. In many ways, I found that to be true. The U.S. seemed to be a hundred years ahead of South Africa. Then I discovered, to my horror, that not much had changed in people’s hearts. White people’s attitudes toward blacks have changed very little since the days of lynchings. Without that change, laws are relatively impotent. In many towns, there is a black world and a white world. I told my friends that I did not escape from the bondage of apartheid to end up segregated in America. One of the most segregated hours in America is 11 a.m. on Sunday. This was most revealing to me. If people who are motivated by the noble precepts of Christianity cannot bring themselves to accept the equality of people of another race by joining in worship with them, then how can they feel on the other days of the week? External links Category:Living people