Academics at a recent meeting called for white liberals to acknowledge they ‘are the problem’
Whiteness once again robs black and brown South Africans of their legacy by reducing it to ‘Braai Day’
The advertisers have shown themselves to be either tone deaf or terribly ignorant — or both.
In this era of post-truths and mediocrity, this pastiche of a movie that masquerades as an original deserves to win.
Un/Settled is a documentary and multimedia project that explores “white” identity in South Africa as it is destabilised and questioned.
Readers write in about state capture, whiteness, the ‘colonial literary system’, and the Kardashians.
As white people we are raised to think we are central to everything, especially in relation to other races, writes Gillian Schutte.
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/ 4 November 2011
In a racist world, it’s nice when people who benefit from racism, such as Samantha Vice, not only recognise it but stick their necks out in public.
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/ 2 November 2011
The current debate on whiteness has let the elephant out of the room, says <b>Charles Villet</b>.
Apologising for the past or paying a tax merely demobilises claims for reparation from blacks, says <b>Andile Mngxitama</b>.
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/ 20 October 2011
The explosion of white outrage on white people and how they should "cultivate humility and silence" tells its own story, says <b>Crispin Hemson</b>.
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/ 18 October 2011
The nature of the response to Samantha Vice is noteworthy, and worth trying to understand, writes <b>Lucy Allais</b>.
The gist of Samantha Vice’s plea is that history places a moral burden on whites, writes <b>Mvuselelo Ngcoya</b>.
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/ 29 September 2011
We need to learn to dance together without standing on each other’s toes, says <b>Lynn Maree</b>.
The move to make mining companies disclose government payments could benefit Africans says <b>Sipho Moyo</b>.
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/ 23 September 2011
Readers share their thoughts on the whiteness debate, Zimbabwe and more.
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/ 22 September 2011
White people should reflect, privately, silently, and sincerely, on whether they are the solution or part of the problem, argues <b>Paul C Taylor</b>.
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/ 16 September 2011
The hegemony of whiteness is real, but it is wrong to shackle us to a neo-apartheid race classification, says <b>Leon de Kock</b>.
The recent discussions of white privilege have drawn the ire of many white South Africans, says <b>Sally Matthews</b>
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/ 9 September 2011
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> readers weigh into the whiteness debate, Mogoeng Mogoeng, the ANC and more.
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/ 2 September 2011
Outrage met Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s recent remark that it would be appropriate to tax white South Africans, writes <b>Samantha Vice</b>.
The debate about whiteness that was sparked by <b>Eusebius McKaiser</b>’s article has been characterised by linguistic and physical violence.
White people must find an ethical way to live with the shame of a racist past they still benefit from, writes <b>Eusebius McKaiser</b>.