Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle? op die vlaktes, vergete en verlore, waar is ons leiers ? die is verniel en sonder siel… . Waar is ons kinders? die leiers van more? op die strate, verlore in ‘n lolly. Waar is my mense, waar is hul trots en krag? verlore, vergete,verduister… . Ek staan [...]
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Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle?
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Between two worlds
Britain has one of the fastest-growing mixed-race populations – but many people are still hostile towards interracial couples. We asked some of them how their lives have been affected. During the 1991 Gulf war, Richard Littlejohn wrote in the Sun that British women married to Iraqis ‘should be left to rot in their adopted country, with [...]
What is a Coloured?
To a biologist, “race” means a very specific thing. It’s essentially a synonym for “variety”, or “sub-species”, and applies, as the name implies, to a portion of a species. Now, defining species is a massively problematic affair, and one that’s never really been settled. Nevertheless, most biologists agree that species are “real” categories, whereas other [...]
Smiling my silence
A little more than a year ago I had to deal with the most trying time in my life. Firstly, I have to concede that in all probability I deserved what I got, retribution for naughty and guilty pleasures, I guess. Betraying the trust that a brother or a friend afford you is not worth [...]
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage – the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry. Which means, in practice, that a man is to be [...]