The English South African
Despite the way in which they are being rubbished today by the Marxists and liberals, the fact is that South Africa’s two “white tribes”, the Afrikaners and the English, by their skill, industry and ingenuity built the country that is South Africa. They were, and are, great nations, in many ways. But today their histories, cultures and achievements are being deliberately “revised” by their enemies. Much has been, and is being, written about the immense part played by the Afrikaners in South African history, and they are standing up and making their voices heard, seeking to resist the rising tide of anti-“white” racism engulfing South Africa under its Marxist and Marxist-sympathising rulers; but not much, comparatively, has been written in recent times about the immense contribution of the English South Africans, their culture, etc. This is a great pity. For the cold, hard reality is that both “white tribes” are under threat in the South Africa of today; and both must stand shoulder to shoulder, and proclaim to the country, and to the world, that they are true South Africans, and true Africans, and to show what the country would have been like without them, and what it will be like if ever they are driven out or annihilated. For there should be no doubt whatsoever about this fact: this is a battle for the very survival of Africans of European descent at the tip of the Dark Continent.
The English South African has every reason to have a strong sense of belonging, and of his absolute right, as a citizen, to be in this country; and he has every reason to hold his head up high, without feeling any need whatsoever to walk around with his proverbial tail between his legs, and look every other South African in the eye with confidence, without yielding an inch to those who would disparage him or seek to make him feel nothing but guilt and shame. For there would simply be no South Africa today without him. It is as plain and simple as that.
Let us, then, examine the English South African nation. It is as real, as solid, as distinctive, as that of any other people group living within the borders of this great multi-cultural country.
The English South African: A Distinct Nation Within South Africa
What is a nation? It is “a distinct race or people, characterized by common descent, language, or history, usually organized as a separate political state and occupying a definite territory”; “people of a particular nation”; “the whole people of a country” (The Oxford Universal Dictionary). Thus a nation can mean a distinct people group sharing certain things in common; and it can also mean all the people living within the borders of a country. A nation in this latter sense may consist of a number of nations in the former sense – distinct people groups – living within it (a multi-national state); or a nation may consist of essentially one people group (a nation-state). South Africa is a multi-national state: that is to say, in the South African nation there are many distinct nations; and the English South African nation is one of them.
Not all belonging to a particular nation (in the sense of a distinct people group) would necessarily be of the same religion, or dress precisely the same way, or eat precisely the same food; but they would still be a part of that nation, because most of the distinctive traits, customs, characteristics, etc., of that particular nation could be found in them.
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