Introduction
We are a sick country because we are a country full of anger which was caused by the apartheid era that, according to Jansen, “stripped us of our dignity and so much of our humanity” (2010: ). The aim of this essay is to prove that Jansen was correct in making that statements by providing reason as to why we are a sick country, three reasons for South Africans’ anger, solutions to the problems, and what implementations need to be in place before a dialogue.
For two reasons Jansen thinks that we are a sick country because of the profound violence that is prevalent in our country and racial differences and disagreements, this is because of the fact that we are more traumatised than we think, we internalised the brutality that we …show more content…
After long sufferings of intense brutality “we became like them” and that started to live within them. According to Jansen (2010 :) “we internalised the brutality we had to bear, burning people inside petrol-filled tyres is only possible when the perpetrator has lost his or her own humanity through earlier event. It is not only a response to the violence and violation of the human spirit; it is also the internalisation of the violence and …show more content…
People were killed in brutal ways because of their involvement in the fight for freedom and the families of the victims were forced to listen to the explicit confessions of the perpetrators in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Such confessions hindered the mourning process of the victims’ loved
We are a sick country because we are a country full of anger which was caused by the apartheid era that, according to Jansen, “stripped us of our dignity and so much of our humanity” (2010: ). The aim of this essay is to prove that Jansen was correct in making that statements by providing reason as to why we are a sick country, three reasons for South Africans’ anger, solutions to the problems, and what implementations need to be in place before a dialogue.
For two reasons Jansen thinks that we are a sick country because of the profound violence that is prevalent in our country and racial differences and disagreements, this is because of the fact that we are more traumatised than we think, we internalised the brutality that we …show more content…
After long sufferings of intense brutality “we became like them” and that started to live within them. According to Jansen (2010 :) “we internalised the brutality we had to bear, burning people inside petrol-filled tyres is only possible when the perpetrator has lost his or her own humanity through earlier event. It is not only a response to the violence and violation of the human spirit; it is also the internalisation of the violence and …show more content…
People were killed in brutal ways because of their involvement in the fight for freedom and the families of the victims were forced to listen to the explicit confessions of the perpetrators in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Such confessions hindered the mourning process of the victims’ loved