The Importance Of Intervention In South Africa

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5. Intervention It is undeniable that South Africa needs some kind of intervention in relation to race. (Refer to appendix A) many articles show how race is still a big deal. Intervention will focus of the socio-ecological framework. 6. The socio ecological model Behaviour results from the interaction between people and their environments. Humans do not live in a vacuum therefore their development is due to many different factors. Meaning is created through socio-historical and cultural contexts. According to Duncan (p104) “it means that behaviour can be better understood if the context in which it takes place is understood.” In order to understand an individual or a problem, one needs to understand the context of the person or situation. …show more content…

Environment brings about certain behaviours and constrains others. (Refer to communication textbook on the masks we put on). According to Duncan, Bowman, Naidoo, Pillay, & Roos (2013, p. 105) "communities also adapt in different ways to maintain their functioning through generating social rules, structures and beliefs. This principle creates an awareness and acceptance of diversity in human behaviour." The intervention will require massive participation from the community and the community members will be required to adapt their resources to cater for everyone. People of different races live in the same suburbs but never interact. People of different races are neighbours but know nothing about each other. They pass one another as if they live in different worlds. 6.1.4 Succession Hopefully this intervention will allow the environment to change. The community will move into truly embracing diversity. Duncan, Bowman, Naidoo, Pillay, & Roos (2013, p. 105) suggests that history may play a part in the way that a community adapts to new situations. It has to be noted that all South Africans share the same history. It is time to move from it into the new democracy instead of democracy being a word used to make people feel better in the mist of all the chaos. 7.

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