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Given the outbreak of violence and the targeting of fellow Africans, it is easy for to pile on and exacerbate situations by berating South Africa in totality. However, before traveling down the lanes of collective judgement, it is prudent to think twice about that course of action. Though we must condemn violence, we must be mindful not to assign blame to all South Africans for the transgressions of a fraction of society.

Incendiary rhetoric and talk of retribution will not bring back lost lives nor will they mend wounds that have been wrought at the hands of mob justice. Nothing will be gained by lashing out and denigrating one another, we need voices of sanity to emerge instead of being led by hotheads who react and ask questions never. What is needed the most is forbearance and the courage to speak against the bitterness that continue to fuel these random acts of bloodshed in South Africa and lesser forms of onslaughts that take place throughout the continent on a daily basis.

Though there is no excuse for targeting innocent souls and murdering in the name of retribution, if we are to prevent these deadly assaults from happening in the future, we must understand the root causes that are leading people to such extreme behaviors. Hopelessness and desperation drives people to commit unspeakable horrors, these actions we otherwise ignore when they are being done against each other shock our conscience when...continued...

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