Why the bitterness

What do whites want?

Whites are angry, very angry. Just read their prominent columnists, including the former Sunday Times' David Bullard, Thought Leader contributors, letters to newspaper editors and their blogs. They are forever spewing bile at the government, the leaders and blacks in general.

Why they are angry I'm not certain. But I think it is because of crime, the black government, corruption, BEE, affirmative action, race quotas and racial integration. Although they have lost political power, whites still command economic power.

On crime and other issues they are not alone. Crime affects me too and my community and unfortunately we don’t have money to install sophisticated security systems or hire security companies. I 'm angry too on this one. We hate corruption and nepotism but we cannot overlook the good the government does because of a few black sheep.

Years after legislated racial segregation was abolished, most whites (not all of course) still think that blacks are criminals, incapable of leading, inherently corrupt, don’t deserve the best jobs and to share in the country's wealth. Did they criticize the apartheid government with the same passion they criticize the black government?

Apartheid was a reflection of the collective psyche of whites. And it is not easy for them to accept that the glory days of apartheid are behind us. But let's pray that they will wake up to the reality that you don’t build by trashing all and sundry just because they are of a different race.