But then, of course, when I was looking at documentaries, I felt the anger and I felt the disappointment, the discouragement of black people. And I thought to myself, “If I was there during that time, I don’t know how I would’ve reacted. I would’ve died.” [Laughter] I might kill somebody! But, forgiveness is such a healing thing. It’s such a healing thing.
But then again, when I look at our country, South Africa, there was apartheid, then there was President Mandela. Apartheid now is over. Then comes what? Xenophobia. Now, we are as black South Africans, we look at our white counterparts and say, “We’re not going to attack them, because they bring money.” And people from Tanzania, from Nigeria, and all those people would go, “Mm-mm, they’re stealing our jobs.” But I always, personally, I introspected and said, “What is it that I’m doing to change the world? What is it that I’m doing to have an impact? A positive impact?” So yeah, it’s all up to a person. It’s a personal thing. A person can say to you, “Hey, go do this.”
But if you’re grounded, if you know what you want, if you know what you’re for, what you came upon this Earth for, it’s not going to be easy for you to go and rob somebody else because I believe that knowledge is power. Because the Lord says, I think it’s in the proverbs, that my people are perishing from the lack of knowledge. So knowledge is power. And I believe that the most powerful knowledge that we can receive upon this earth is the gospel of Jesus Christ, first and foremost, and education. Education, education. You don’t have to be at school! You can educate yourself! Go to libraries, learn about the culture. Because even Johannesburg is a melting pot! I mean, the world is a melting pot! You can go here and find Chinese, Indians, you know—explore. Get educated.