Jou Past se Poes
The fallacy of the “white victim” is becoming nauseating. After hundreds of years of white-on-black racism and oppression in South Africa, when anger is expressed against these injustices, self-serving whites who feel uncomfortable when confronted with the truths of South Africa’s racist past call it “hate speech” or “racism”. Steve Hofmeyr bemoans the plight [...]
Blackface is Never Okay
The furore about the blackface incident occurred just after I had read a piece on The Con titled ‘Black’s Not Beautiful’. The writer of that piece argues how the standard of beauty both in the media and in society at large precludes black women from being naturally beautiful. She points to how we see [...]