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White Privilege

The legal sector code is a tool for substantive equality in SA’s legal profession
Opinion
/ 27 April 2025

The legal sector code is a tool for substantive equality in SA’s legal profession

Many in the legal profession today continue to benefit from systems of exclusion they did not create, but from which they continue to draw advantage

By Thabo Mhlanga and Sello Ivan Phahle
Everybody wants white privilege
Opinion
/ 1 February 2024

Everybody wants white privilege

History teaches us the dangers of one group of people claiming moral authority over the rights of another and Israel should take note

By Adam Haupt
We were arrested in Uganda while protesting for black lives
Africa
/ 2 July 2020

We were arrested in Uganda while protesting for black lives

White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society

By Kelsey Nielsen and Caleb Okereke
Online allyship: a broken game of do like I do
Friday
/ 17 June 2020

Online allyship: a broken game of do like I do

The idea of displaying solidarity by posting a black square on Instagram hijacked the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with a performative display of allyship

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Who decides who is eligible for forgiveness and rehabilitation?
Article
/ 28 September 2019

Who decides who is eligible for forgiveness and rehabilitation?

We should give people second chances. But we need to reflect on whether a black or brown person would survive a fake cancer scandal

By Eusebius McKaiser
Deconstruct irrational debates in SA
Article
/ 29 May 2019

Deconstruct irrational debates in SA

White monopoly capital and the Zille privilege tweets are reasons we need logical discourse

By Jason Musyoka
White women, black men: Same WhatsApp group
Article
/ 26 April 2018

White women, black men: Same WhatsApp group

The position of white Afrikaner women and black men illustrates the limitations of a binary view

By Eusebius McKaiser
Daring to be black in a white space
Article
/ 29 September 2017

Daring to be black in a white space

"White people don’t know the violence of being forced to forgive"

By Editorial
Cultural barriers must fall
Article
/ 8 September 2017

Cultural barriers must fall

The exclusionary obstacles that international students face affect their academic performance.

By Pedro Mzileni
​Three Ps against progress
Article
/ 11 July 2017

​Three Ps against progress

The level of outrage at wrongdoing should be weighted by harm done to the vulnerable. Instead, the Ombud seems more sensitive to harmed privilege

By Philip Machanick
Pietermaritzburg Girls High: Codes of conduct won’t fix entrenched racism
Article
/ 7 June 2017

Pietermaritzburg Girls High: Codes of conduct won’t fix entrenched racism

Being told to “get over it” negates what we constantly have to say about race: just because we’re equal on paper does not mean we are equal in reality

By Staff Reporter
Provocateur vs racist: The bigotry double standard
Article
/ 17 April 2017

Provocateur vs racist: The bigotry double standard

In today’s world people who are white, male, and right-wing can easily get away with racism and bigotry

By Staff Reporter
​The unbearable whiteness of white philosophers
Article
/ 7 March 2017

​The unbearable whiteness of white philosophers

There’s no escape for those who are responsible for colonial subjugation and dispossession.

By Staff Reporter
Imagining the Loeries from the future, where the current inequalities are dealt with
Article
/ 26 August 2016

Imagining the Loeries from the future, where the current inequalities are dealt with

Taking a look at the ad industry’s premier event from a futuristic perspective sheds light on its current inequalities.

By Milisuthando Bongela
White men also perpetrate acts of violence
Analysis
/ 10 March 2016

White men also perpetrate acts of violence

But white privilege distorts that fact and so the focus turns on black men as the main instigators.

By Mbuyiselo Botha
Letters to the editor: November 6 to 12 2015
Article
/ 7 November 2015

Letters to the editor: November 6 to 12 2015

Readers write in about white privilege, and Eskom.

By Letters
Use your privilege to destroy privilege
Analysis
/ 30 October 2015

Use your privilege to destroy privilege

Practical advice for pale people who wish to dismantle the system that favours them.

By Staff Reporter

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