Mathabane quote

This quote is significant to Mark's time period because the seperated groups of people were always trying to find someone to blame. But before you can look at others, you have to first make sure your hands are clean too. While whites did segregate themselves from blacks, the blacks also held a grudge against them and refused to accept the ones that tried to accept them. It was equal judgement and refusal that did no help to end apartheid at all. If you aren't willing to change the way you see others, how can you expect the same from them? So while the dreams of ending segregation and apartheid were just seas away, no one was looking at the little things they could do to make it a reality for themselves. This happens today in our society all the time. We're more than happy to point out issues such a global warming and pollution, yet some people can't even bother to recycle at their homes. Your actions can positively or negatively affect any situation.