South African New Yorkers celebrated 21 years of freedom at their 3rd Annual picnic held at Riverside Park in Washington Heights on April 21, 2015.
Even though the ambiance was festive, the group held a minute of silence for the victims of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Many of them who have migrated to the US decades ago failed to grasp the idea that foreigners could be targets in South Africa.
One of the organizers of the picnic, Tabby Ramos, a New Yorker for more than 23 years was still in shock, but hopeful that “everybody would get together again and be at peace.”
