Poem by Premilla Murcott
What it means to look white?
Can’t help but think about it…
State of mind, random concept,
or just a lot of bullshit?
Some try to wrap me in a tiny box,
with a ribbon and a bow
Who I am, what’s on my mind -
they don’t really wanna know
What it means to be [...]
What it Means to Look White?
Ethnic nationalism breeds racism and causes divisions
BY HLANGANANI GUMBI
E.TV’s 3rd Degree show and post debate on 3rd Degree Plus on 25th May 2010 centred around racism and left one deeply saddened at the entrenched racism in our society. The show covered a number of incidents from the effects of the AWB Leader Eugene Terre’blanche murder, to the both previous and recent [...]
Why class is more important than race
Cilliers Brink advocates a paradigm-shift from that of racial competition to social cohesion, arguing that a cohesion-centred paradigm in our society, rooted in Constitutional values, can achieve so more to channel the human and financial resources of the wealthy in aid of the poor than the ANC (and COPE) model of a racial tug-of-war.
