I have both white and black cousins, but best of all I have two places that I can call home. How do you categorise someone who is not 100% white nor 100% black, without offending that person? This is the debate that I walked into the other day, when a woman pointed at me and [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Ngoro right on coloured culture!
PLEASE allow me the opportunity to respond to the article “Ngoro invites Khoisan intellectuals”, which appeared in City Press of August 14. I would like to thank Blackman Ngoro for opening an issue which we as Khoisan rights campaigners have been discussing all along – that coloured people should shed their coloured identity and reclaim [...]
We are because of them – Part 4 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
Roots of the Cape – Part 2 of 2
.History of Slavery in South Africa Documentary
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The Ugly Truth Behind The Eurasian Beauty Myth
Growing up in Hong Kong, Fiona Hartley (not her real name) had to walk up a steep hill every morning. By the time this Eurasian teenager got to school, she would be sweaty and flushed, and her wiry brown hair would be a complete mess. She used to look in envy at the Chinese girls [...]
We are because of them – Part 3 of 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
We are because of them – Part 2 of 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
Racial Classification
How do you tell whether a light-skinned baby is black or coloured? You leave him on a table and see if he turns blue. No, this is not a bad joke it is just one of the barbaric methods used to classify South African citizens during the apartheid years. This, and other equally unpalatable [...]