Janice Petersen went to South Africa, her parents' homeland, to find out if kids who grew up after the fall of apartheid were born free to love whoever they want. JaniceKPetersen Via DatelineSBS
Dateline looks at the challenges faced by interracial couples in the post-apartheid era in the episode, Love and Race in South Africa. Watch it“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
The history books might say it’s a relic of the past, but the architecture of apartheid is yet to completely crumble. They organise these meals for other young people from different backgrounds in the hope of fostering a sense of racial harmony and togetherness. Around a long outdoor table now groaning with food and festooned with candles, they talk with reverence about their hosts and hopes for the future.
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