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Racism

Complicit in a tide of hate and violence
Analysis
/ 16 July 2015

Complicit in a tide of hate and violence

South Africans are spewing vitriol on a website that is said to be stoking the fires of hate crimes.

By Mandy de Waal
Racial terror from Columbus to Charleston
Article
/ 25 June 2015

Racial terror from Columbus to Charleston

Liberalism was built on a distinction between the ‘civilized’ and the ‘barbarian’ – and still is, today.

By Richard Pithouse
‘Colonial comeback’ poster causes uproar at Oxford
Article
/ 2 June 2015

‘Colonial comeback’ poster causes uproar at Oxford

An Oxford University student says that in SA universities racism is at least acknowledged, but in Oxford people still need to be educated about it.

By Victoria John
Race ‘science’ resurfaces but not all is black and white
Article
/ 22 May 2015

Race ‘science’ resurfaces but not all is black and white

Gavin Evans, a former South African journalist, tackles the notion that intelligence is skin deep.

By Sarah Wild
Verwoerd would love Dlamini
Article
/ 21 May 2015

Verwoerd would love Dlamini

Few things would have pleased Verwoerd more than the idea that racism and race essentialism are still alive and well.

By Mia Swart
‘He just shot him in the back’
Article
/ 9 April 2015

‘He just shot him in the back’

US police officer Walter Scott faces the death penalty for killing a man he’d stopped for a broken car light.

By Jon Swaine
Bibi can’t unsay racist comments
Article
/ 26 March 2015

Bibi can’t unsay racist comments

The Joint Arab List, a coalition of Israel’s Arab parties that is now the third-largest group in the Knesset, did not accept Netanyahu’s apology.

By Staff Reporter
Seven ways in which our government abuses black people
Article
/ 5 March 2015

Seven ways in which our government abuses black people

The real problem between black and white South Africans is not white people’s attitude, but the government’s desertion of black people.

By Staff Reporter
White work does not negate white privilege
Article
/ 2 March 2015

White work does not negate white privilege

Her last column was a plea for empathy and understanding, writes Verashni Pillay, not an attempt to drive white guilt.

By Verashni Pillay
Break these borders of prejudice
Africa
/ 28 February 2015

Break these borders of prejudice

Black people routinely face humiliation from border officials on their travels around the globe.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 26 February 2015

Verashni’s column: I don’t hide the fact that it is seriously time to ‘move on’

Considering the fact that we are desperately trying to reduce racial stress in South Africa, I am shocked that this column was allowed to be posted.

By Staff Reporter
Too few voices tried to dominate comments in column by Verashni Pillay
Article
/ 26 February 2015

Too few voices tried to dominate comments in column by Verashni Pillay

I do not want to follow the hordes by analyzing or disputing its truths and half-truths of Verashni Pillay’s column.

By Staff Reporter
Response: Six things that white people have that black people don’t
Article
/ 26 February 2015

Response: Six things that white people have that black people don’t

Does Ms Pillay know that the ancestors of most in the Indian community came to South Africa as labourers on the sugar plantations?

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 23 February 2015

Six things white people have that black people don’t

There’s a reason we can’t just “move on” and get over apartheid. Its effects are still very real for black South Africans, writes Verashni Pillay.

By Verashni Pillay
Video shows boy being sodomised in ‘race attack’
Article
/ 6 February 2015

Video shows boy being sodomised in ‘race attack’

The video shows a black pupil bound, shaved and painted white before a group of white boys sodomise him with a broom handle.

By Staff Reporter
Racial profiling: Charlie, Bravo, Whiskey
Article
/ 29 January 2015

Racial profiling: Charlie, Bravo, Whiskey

Comments on the area association’s Facebook page show there’s racism in Cape Town’s quaint Harfield Village – and it exists throughout the country.

By Aeysha Kassiem
White love is an emotion we can’t seem to shake
Article
/ 22 January 2015

White love is an emotion we can’t seem to shake

It’s amazing, and sad, to think that in some communities the race of the person you love will directly influence your social standing.

By Staff Reporter
Zelda, don’t be a victim and let others dictate who you are
Article
/ 20 January 2015

Zelda, don’t be a victim and let others dictate who you are

What we cannot do in South Africa, and where Zelda la Grange made a mistake, is to allow others to define who we are and where we belong.

By Verashni Pillay
My white privilege lets misogyny sneak in through the back door
Article
/ 20 January 2015

My white privilege lets misogyny sneak in through the back door

For all the flak a restaurant owner received for reported racism, most seem to ignore his sexism. Haji Mohamed Dawjee imagines his jubilation at this.

By Staff Reporter
Restaurant owner dismisses racist comment allegations
Article
/ 19 January 2015

Restaurant owner dismisses racist comment allegations

The alleged discovery of a ‘small cockroach’ on a plate of food at a Rosebank restaurant has sparked a racist storm.

By Sthembiso Sithole
Honest politics needed to slay racism dragon
Article
/ 8 January 2015

Honest politics needed to slay racism dragon

Black leaders who use the race card to hide their incompetence must not be tolerated, writes William Gumede.

By William Gumede
The ANC does not get the credit it deserves
Article
/ 7 January 2015

The ANC does not get the credit it deserves

Detractors often forget that the ruling party has the enormous task of serving an entire population, not just 10%, and ignore the strides it has made.

By Staff Reporter
Anti-Muslim rallies becoming regular events in Germany
Article
/ 6 January 2015

Anti-Muslim rallies becoming regular events in Germany

The Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West turned out in the thousands, but were heavily outnumbered by counter-protesters.

By Staff Reporter
LAPD to investigate song mocking Michael Brown’s killing
Article
/ 24 December 2014

LAPD to investigate song mocking Michael Brown’s killing

"Michael Brown learned a lesson about a messin’ with a badass policeman," went the song, captured on video on entertainment news website TMZ.

By Staff Reporter
Students who wore ‘blackface’ to return to university
Article
/ 12 December 2014

Students who wore ‘blackface’ to return to university

During a mediation, the students explained that they did not mean to cause harm by their actions and apologised unconditionally.

By Sapa
Why Helen Zille’s racism rhetoric is wrong
Analysis
/ 11 December 2014

Why Helen Zille’s racism rhetoric is wrong

If the DA leader wants to end white-on-black racism and its association with her party, she’ll avoid propaganda and tackle structural racism.

By Mandy de Waal
Officers who shot boy wielding toy gun ‘should be convicted’
Article
/ 9 December 2014

Officers who shot boy wielding toy gun ‘should be convicted’

Samaira Rice, whose son was killed by a police officers as he was playing with a toy gun, says the officers involved should be criminally convicted.

By Staff Reporter
Protests continue over death of black man by white cop
Article
/ 8 December 2014

Protests continue over death of black man by white cop

Protesters have staged demonstrations every day since a grand jury’s decision on Wednesday not to bring criminal charges against the officer.

By Emmett Berg
Racist or a biker who just likes using the K word?
Article
/ 3 December 2014

Racist or a biker who just likes using the K word?

What makes a violent act one of racism? And how can it be differentiated from just another altercation? Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks into it.

By Staff Reporter
Court: Steve Hofmeyr’s order seeks to ‘advance’ racist views – dismisses case
Article
/ 27 November 2014

Court: Steve Hofmeyr’s order seeks to ‘advance’ racist views – dismisses case

Steve Hofmeyr’s attempt to have his interim protection order against Conrad Koch made permanent was dismissed with costs in court on Thursday.

By Kwanele Sosibo
We celebrate #knockout as a blow to racism
Article
/ 13 November 2014

We celebrate #knockout as a blow to racism

One man has shown the country that the oppressed will not let ‘kaffir’ reduce blackness to powerlessness.

By Comment Author
Chester Missing creator to challenge gag order
Article
/ 10 November 2014

Chester Missing creator to challenge gag order

Conrad Koch said he would oppose the interim protection order laid against him by singer Steve Hofmeyr, saying it’s "fundamentally" wrong.

By Sapa
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