This is crime, not xenophobia
17 April 2015 - 02:00
Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi once wrote: "Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilisations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land." The Oxford dictionary describes xenophobia as a prejudice against people from other countries.I do not view the attacks in Durban as xenophobic, but purely or largely criminal.It is foreigners with businesses who are being targeted.There are lots of foreigners who are being spared because they have nothing to take.Let all the perpetrators be brought to book. Crime can never be justified. ..
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