Racism is not a South African invention, it's been around for centuries and will remain as long as there are human beings who are not necessarily humane. All the fighting across much of Africa can be attributed to racism. The same can be said about other regions in the world, Burma, India, Venezuela, Ukraine, to name just a few.Racism hasn't died in much of Europe either, nor in the US.But with regard to Stellenbosch, I fail to understand the real issue, as that institution should have a (constitutional) right to be available for the 6million or 7million (indigenous) Afrikaans speakers.Why is their right to "own language" education not considered? Why does that university even enrol students who are not conversant with Afrikaans? Why do students who do not speak the language insist on enrolling at that university? The answer to the latter is quite simple: to make an issue of the language of instruction as soon as they get the chance to do so, which your paper seemingly wholeheartedly supports.I bet that at the University of Zululand they don't speak much else but Zulu, and Fort Hare is predominantly Xhosa.It's been said that tuition in a language that is not one's own is not ideal, and I am convinced that not more than 20% of students at our universities understand fully what is being taught, whether the language used is English or Afrikaans, if they cannot be addressed in their mother tongue.As for Stellenbosch and its surroundings, some 60% of the population in the Western Cape speak Afrikaans at home, not English or Xhosa or Zulu.It's high time South Africans of all backgrounds, and languages understood that racism and prejudice are human traits and weaknesses. They will not go away but we must control them as best we can . ..