Truth and Reconciliation
| 13:56 UK time, Monday, 1 May 2006
It might be a quiet day in Britain but not everywhere...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has told the Â鶹Éç that he doesn't think white people haven't shown enough appreciation of the generosity shown to them by black South Africans. His remarks came as the last president during the apartheid era, F.W. de Klerk, called on black people to recognise the sacrifices made by whites in giving up power.
Something has to give here, and we'll be debating the points raised on today's show.
Also, fears of racism at the World Cup and still more on the immigration debate in the U.S.
The World Cup is the best event in the world; I've been to a few of them and i can vouch for that. Following England means your enjoyment can be spoiled by a few idiots, but in Germany this year, African and Asian fans are being given a map telling them which areas of the country they shouldn't go to, for fear of racist attacks. This is a quote from the Sunday Telegraph here in the U.K:
The document was drawn up by the Africa Council, an umbrella organisation of African community groups and activists in Germany, following concern over an incident on Easter Sunday when a German of Ethiopian descent was beaten into a coma at a bus station in Potsdam.
We'll be talking to fans and getting a German response to this.
Kevin's already talked about the ongoing immigration debate and it follows on from things we discussed while we were on the road in the U.S.
As always, join the debate whenever and however you want, otherwise it's not much of a programme.
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