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undergone and is still undergoing the most profound change. His 

 whole conception of racialism has to be re-made and re-shaped. 

 Involved in the changes are his relationships to the rest of the 

 Bantu race, his tribal allegiance, and his attitude to South Africa 

 as a nation ; moreover, all these differ according as we are con- 

 sidering the native inside or outside the Reserves. As shown 

 above, the Bantu gives up his all and assimilates practically every- 

 thing from the white. This unquestionably results in a weaken- 

 ing of the tribal and racial bonds; but it would appear to be only 

 a phase, and with education and general advancement the 

 awakening of a new racial sense will take its place. The Indian 

 and the Malay have brought with them their own manners and 

 customs, and their own way of looking at things. They live 

 beside the white man and serve his requirements without assimilat- 

 ing the white man's life, thus affording a great contrast to the 

 Bantu. They are apart in their social and religious life and in 

 their general organisations, and are acquiring a solidarity and a 

 South African life of their own. 



Even the Eur-Africans, who by virtue of their origin have 

 no independent racial consciousness, are rapidly developing a 

 solidarity. They belong neither to white nor black, Indian nor 

 Malay, and socially they lead their lives apart and have their own 

 schools, churches, and other organisations. More than any of the 

 others they present the student with the problem of the group 

 mind in the making. 



We see then that the Bantu, the Indian, the Malay, the 

 Eur-African and the European, all constituent, parts of the South 

 African nation, intermingle in their every-day avocations and act 

 as one people. Yet when their daily task is over they disentangle 

 and separate, and each group leads its emotional life apart and 

 according to its own fashion. For industrial purposes they may 

 be regarded as one complex, each within its own sphere; but in 

 their free voluntary life they segregate themselves apart, and each 

 follows its own nature. Moreover, as the realisation of racial con- 

 sciousness grows, the bonds of organisation will get stronger and 

 stronger. 



Wisely directed racial determinism among the various 

 heterogeneous elements in South Africa would appear to be worthy 

 of encouragement. For from what has gone before it is manifest 

 that the racial barriers are too great to admit of intermingling 

 in the ultimate personal relationships of life, or of absorption into 

 a common whole. Hence if each develops along its own course 

 all racial contrasts, implying higher or lower, or superior or 

 inferior, are avoided, there will be no racial clash socially, for 

 each will lead its own life apart and comparisons will not obtrude. 

 It is especially valuable in that its development offers a legitimate 

 objective for the aspirations of the more advanced, intelligent 

 members of each group. No individual can have a worthier pur- 

 pose than the advancement of his own race, and all will admit 

 there is ample scope for it among the peoples we are considering. 



