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Hoofstuk 3: Die verhaal oor apartheid – verlede tyd
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Mnr X vertel my, as hy ʼn wit man sien rondry in ʼn
bakkie, met ʼn hond wat langs hom sit, dis een van die
goed wat hulle die seerste maak, hy moes agterop
gesit het, die hond mag voor sit. Met ander woorde,
A + B = C, die hond is beter, is meer werd as hy as
swartmens. Vir ons klink dit miskien belaglik, dit
was hulle belewenis gewees daarvan [Albert 6-295]. Farisani
(1990:60) vertel dieselfde storie van ʼn bakkie, ʼn man en ’n hond. En ons
hoor dit weer by Naicker (1994:97): “I once met a woman who told me
that her dream was to be treated like a dog owned by a white person
because such dogs get food, comfortable shelter, health care and have
an anti-cruelty organisation to step in when things go wrong. When the
dog finally dies it is buried with dignity. If the owner dies then the dog
inherits the owners (sic) wealth.”
Die sosiale struktuur van stereotipering word deur Du Preez (1997:12) beskryf as hy
sê:
Most white people grew up with a mental picture of black people
resembling something along the following lines: Black people break
everything they touch… they destroy everything… they understand
nothing… they lie… they steal… they are corrupt… they are always
late… they will rather toyi-toyi in the sun than work… they can’t drive
properly… they are extremely lazy.
Wit mense se wêreld was so afgesonder van dié van swart mense dat hulle nooit regtig
gedink het oor die leefwêreld van hulle bediendes of tuinhulpe nie. Aan hulle behoeftes
of aspirasies is selde, indien ooit, gedink.
Qwelane (1998:22) skryf “whites' belief in their own racial superiority
grew... they never stopped to think about Samson and Betty – and black
people as a whole – as ordinary human beings with the same needs,
desires and aspirations as white people.” Die volgende aanhaling uit
Serfontein (1982:167) uit die petisie van die “People of the Nyanga
Bush” gee ons ʼn gedeeltelike blik op die vernedering van swart mense
deur apartheid: “Our families have been forcefully separated. We
women are forced to live apart from our husbands. We were even