Inter-cultural marriages

 

By Ernest Mabasa

Yes, this response to the question as to whether yes or no on a big topic “Inter-cultural marriages” is motivated by many values and knowledge across the world that I have garnered. My reasons for my reaction to the question are motivated by my knowledge on the current cultural differences, past experience, financial background, cosmopolitan culture and new culture that can be created through the mixed marriages and need for harmony.

Even to this date some people think other’s cultural norms, customs and traditions are not very important to their lives and this lead to hatred. Hatred that is very weakly motivated. People should start try to broach these kinds of topics on radio, television and social networks so we can all understand one another. The fact that I do not know much about how English, Indians, Zulus and Vendas do things might make me feel offended when they do something that my culture does not approve because I have not given myself enough time to learn about these people.

This will eventual lead to hatred towards those people for no reason or valid reason if a may say. We need to learn about other people and their cultures and drop the bad habits because it is self evident that it is not working but killing the country. Inter-cultural marriages open a way into making people realize that life would be much better without any strings that put have now. Let us first know or understand the current difference and answer this question “why do we have these differences and how we can understand these differences?”

Past experience has big role to play since everyone has background that may differ from one to the other. For example English and Afrikaans people came here “African continent” with what I believe to be unfounded perceptions and attitudes. If we cannot get the reasons as to why they behaved like that, we are not going anywhere. We need to find out what led to Afrikaans people (National Party led by F Malan) introduce prohibition of mixed marriages if not we are likely not going to forgive them. We need to learn their past and make an informed decision as to whether one wants to live happily life without grudges and forgive them. Maybe he or she may even have time to marry either of the mentioned groups.

Since I am pro Inter-cultural marriages, I think it would help all people in terms of wealth accumulations because many people in our black race still do not know what wealth is and how to accumulate it. We need English and Afrikaans people to marry Tsongas, Pedi, Sothos and Xhosas etc to add knowledge on how to accumulate wealth.

Black illusion of wealth is big cars and wearing expensive clothes while on the other groups is investment where it is necessary, for example a car, house and education just to mention a few. Inter cultural marriage is the way to go these nowadays because everyone has been marrying within their own cultures and tribes.

It is not even attractive it is very boring now. Let’s go for it, it would bring more investors who would help strengthen the economy of the country and job opportunities would expand or increase.

 Cosmopolitan culture is when city/place or country or person that embraces its multicultural demographics. Cosmopolitanism is the ideology that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality. A person who adheres to the idea of cosmopolitanism in any of its forms is called a cosmopolitan or cosmopolitanism. A cosmopolitan community might be based on an inclusive morality, a shared economic relationship, or a political structure that encompasses different nations.

People should copy how Americans live and do things because I find them to be relevant to this world, unlike people who do not want to do things in an advanced and changed way. We need to copy what is important and helpful to us every time.

New culture, which would be characterized by harmony, would be formed. Now people are even afraid to look at one another in the streets because people have some things in their hearts that they do not see that are not vital any more. I am number one.