We need to interrogate the intersecting race-class pendulum
more to be able to see some very interesting omissions in our often very heated
discourses
Judge Mabel Jansen caused outrage on social media after her Facebook remarks saying that rape was part of black people’s culture went viral this week.
Comments made by high court judge Mabel Jansen caused a storm on social media this week after she said rape was part of black South Africans’ culture.
Pretoria high court Judge Mabel Jansen caused a storm on social media after racist comments she made about black people and rape came to light.
Rebecca Davis finds it hard to laugh about the obscenity of the R140k raised by indignant sentinels of whiteness for a bullied waitress.
Readers write in about racism and poverty, and Samwu.
Ever on guard about being seen as racist, you can’t count on white folks to roll with the punchline.
Two decades since 1994, we’re still stuck in the racial categories of the old regime – a colour-coding of class from which only the rich benefit.
The writer believes that religious discourse holds value, and is how we can "find one another again, in a deeper and more meaningful way".
Human Rights Day, called Sharpeville Day by some, was marked by politicians’ speaking on the subject across the country.
The splintering of black people along political and class lines means they don’t speak with one voice, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
South Africa has been engulfed in a cacophony of contestation as anger bubbles to the surface of our unequal society.
Simianisation is a brutal strategy which has historically manifested a lethal combination of sexism and racism, write Wulf D Hunt and Charles W Mills.
Instead of bitching about the problems, be part of the solution, says the ex-ambassador to Bapetikosweti, Evita Bezuidenhout.
White people must face up to their prejudice, then stop themselves from sliding into paralysing guilt, writes Judy Connors.
Readers write in about the State of the Nation Address, racism, and the value of history.
The former EFF MP is guilty of a crude reductionism that contributes nothing to a nonracial society
Mmusi Maimane is too easily influenced by his white "puppet masters", according to some party members.
Laws alone are not enough but the Constitution does reveal what it is to be a new South African
Readers write in about racism, land reform, health care reform and water leaks.
Some utterances are banned by law and cannot be defended by claiming it is an individual’s right.
The structures that underpin racial bigotry must be understood, undone and cast aside.
Sparrow received threats after her "monkey" comment on Facebook went viral. What does the law say?
Social media lesson 101: If you post something bigotted you will be digitally sjambokked by the Twitter backlash. This is not obvious to everyone.
The only way to break the back of white supremacy is to give back the land.
The notorious estate agent may well face sanctions by SA’s judicial system if a case of hate speech brought against her finds its way to the courts.
South Africa’s coloured population is still moored between the binaries of black and white.
Swedish fashion retailer H&M has just launched in SA, but has already managed to alienate the country’s 80% black population in just 140 characters.
Again, as when the Black Lawyers Association was formed, and as Steve Bantu Biko observed, we are on our own.
The frontrunner in Guatemala’s presidential election was until recently best known as a comedian who performed in blackface.
It’s been said the black woman in American society has two strikes against her: being born a woman and being born black.
She holds all grand slam titles again, but the greatest female tennis star is still being punished for being an unapologetically strong black woman.