Recent news events got me thinking on how we can handle this issue of integration in a peaceful manner. It is a fact that something will have to be done if we want to continue to live in a peaceful country.
Now, what you have to keep in mind is that a young man in his early twenties from all races have a natural instinct to establish himself into the pecking order and more often than not is willing to use violent means to do so. You see this everywhere in nature in the behaviour of young adult male animals. Another contributing factor is that it is a basic human characteristic to rather destroy something that we don't understand, or that does things differently than we are used to, before it could (possibly) pose a threat.
Keeping this in mind, I propose the following for all 1st year University students:
Seeing as most classes only start in February, they can be sent off to 'Integration Camp' (Not a very cool name, suggestions are welcome) for a few weeks before classes start. This camp should be made mandatory to all of those who want to attend university.
The format of this camp should be something along the lines of basic training in the army with officers of all races participating, so that no group can claim that they are being discriminated against.
It is almost miraculous to see how quickly people accept each other and how quickly differences disappear when they have to depend on each other during difficult times. I remember seeing sworn enemies in school literally carry one another when an officer is conducting physical training until most of the participants have put their breakfast into reverse gear.
If, on the conclusion of this camp there are still cases of people not getting along, they can be issued with boxing gloves and sort it out that way. It has proved to be an effective way for a young man to sort out conflict in the past.
There is a reason why they used to say that the army turns most boys into men and I think this might just be the solution for our current situation.
These days boys grow up without the parents having time to set boundaries for them and teach them basic manners. If you are never taught (sometimes the hard way) what acceptable behaviour is in society, how on earth are you going to conduct yourself like that when you are all grown up? This is exactly the reason why the government should not interfere with the way how kids are disciplined at home. If they for example call people of other races names and you are not allowed to correct them in a way that they will remember,
it will be a foregone conclusion that we will see more unacceptable behaviour like recent events.
I welcome comments and suggestions on how to tackle this issue in a peaceful manner. Maybe someone has an even better plan.
What is clear though, is that something will have to be done before the situation spirals out of control. I am sure there are those in power from all sides which would actually like this to happen so that they themselves can benefit in some way.
It will be a grave mistake for us to let them succeed.
