This cyclical process is the reasoning behind the creation of new laws and policies, which also confirm the white South Africans’ identity as superior. One of the narrative voices in this chapter explain that, “Some will ask for a new native policy, that will show the natives who is the master” (111). The white people show desperation in order to reinforce their superiority through the only means they know how (creating a new policy), which therefore widens the segregation between the natives and the whites. “Master” also has a connotation of white superiority and racial segregation in and of itself, reiterating that the whites have not separated from the idea that in order to maintain their community, they must be condescending towards the natives. This policy is not only the defining factor in determining who has the power in South Africa, but it’s creation is due to the white people's fear of racial change. The white South Africans are so concrete about their beliefs that laws create a sense of community, which leads them to only value the materialistic things in life. The fear of losing control and losing their identity go hand in hand when another narrative voice explains, “we fear not only the loss of our possessions, but the loss of our superiority and the loss of our whiteness”
This cyclical process is the reasoning behind the creation of new laws and policies, which also confirm the white South Africans’ identity as superior. One of the narrative voices in this chapter explain that, “Some will ask for a new native policy, that will show the natives who is the master” (111). The white people show desperation in order to reinforce their superiority through the only means they know how (creating a new policy), which therefore widens the segregation between the natives and the whites. “Master” also has a connotation of white superiority and racial segregation in and of itself, reiterating that the whites have not separated from the idea that in order to maintain their community, they must be condescending towards the natives. This policy is not only the defining factor in determining who has the power in South Africa, but it’s creation is due to the white people's fear of racial change. The white South Africans are so concrete about their beliefs that laws create a sense of community, which leads them to only value the materialistic things in life. The fear of losing control and losing their identity go hand in hand when another narrative voice explains, “we fear not only the loss of our possessions, but the loss of our superiority and the loss of our whiteness”