Under the rainbow

Happy bear family.

Happy Langa family.

I´m stubborn, I know. I call my internet shop "RainbowNationArt" even though I´m painfully aware that the concept is "very 1995". Back in those days, during the first vibrant years of democracy with Nelson Mandela as president and Desmond Tutu heading The Truth and Reconcilliation Committee (TRC), South Africa was nicknamed The Rainbow Nation. All the different people was to unite as one, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, shimmering in the colours of the rainbow - free of racism, fear and hatred.
Okay, yes, I admit that it was naive to think that it would happen from one year to another, or even from one decade to another. Sadly, prejudices die hard. The term "Rainbow Nation" is no longer fashionable, and is seldom used without irony or bitterness.
But the struggle for non-racialism, in South Africa, in my mother land Sweden and elsewhere, must continue. Until we rise like the Phoenix bird, I will keep using words like "solidarity", "Rainbow Nation" and "eco-warrior". Even if I they are "outdated". Even if I sound like dinosaur.

Find my happy rainbow card here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/202546438/panda-bear-greeting-card-happy-family?