Keeping in mind that your perceptions color your interpretations of everything that occurs around you, it is important to recognize the influence of your perceptions. For that reason, you must clarify and validate your perceptions by doing what?

Examining and evaluating your perceptions.

Explanation:

Perception: In psychology, the term "perception" is determined an individual's interpretation and recognition of any of the "sensory information".

An individual's perception involves the process through which he or she responds to a specific piece of information. Perception generally through which an individual grasps different sensory information from his or her surrounding environment and thereby utilizes those information to associate with his or her environment.

In the question above, an individual should examine or evaluate his or her perception in order to validate the perception.

there are conflicting perceptions. what cannot be denied is that despite a long history of discrimination, they finally chose to bow out in grace and handed over power to the majority. it was a painful experience for them to part with their prerogatives and some chose to leave the country. however, they did decide to bite the bullet and go through the process with minimum obstructions.

presently, whites are still a force to reckon with. they are well educated, have technical and business expertise, they understand imperatives of good governance and are responsible for keeping south africa connected with developed countries. despite a bitter history, they are useful team members of the south african team.