article_snippet.sent: Outrage triggered by this violence is being heard loudly throughout social media with "#WeAreAfrica" showcasing the need for a common front against this affront.
article_snippet.sent: These recurring attacks against migrants and migrants property might be read as one more indication of how the rainbow nation's dream has faltered.
article_snippet.sent: The national and international headlines use "xenophobia" as if any one word can convey the multifaceted crisis within which this phenomenon occurs.
article_snippet.sent: Labeling this turmoil as xenophobic fails to convey the conditions in which African migrants are scapegoated for the persistent legacy of apartheid in the post-liberation era.
article_snippet.sent: In the interaction and competition between these groups in these spaces, we need to be wary of the simplistic treatment of South Africa's ailment as xenophobia.
article_snippet.sent: Condemning and prosecuting those who incite violence is essential to maintaining law and order and protecting those vulnerable because of those vulnerable nationality.
article_snippet.sent: A mantra of xenophobia wishes away the fact that the everyday lives of those in vulnerable positions in this society (the poor, the disabled, women, children, the elderly) are filled with violence similar -- if not worse -- than that facing African foreigners eking out a living in the midst of abject poverty.
article_snippet.sent: Religious and civil society leaders' recent mobilization saying "not in our name" in reaction to violence against migrants should be applauded.
article_snippet.sent: Neither a hashtag of outrage #WeAreAfrica nor the expedience of the label "xenophobia" can wish away the angst, violence and the impending crisis in South Africa.