Kahlil Gibran once said ‘Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge’. My mission is to dissect, de-construct and redefine any boundary that serves to enslaves the mind of man. Trivialize that which seems offensive, and then after a while it will loose it significance. If you change the way you look at things, the things you [...]
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The Aryan Adventures
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The coloured ‘white’ woman from China
For coloured South Africans, identity is something of a misnomer, and this couldn’t be more true for my family. My genealogy has always been of interest to me, particularly because people assume I am white. Over the past few years, my eldest brother and I have been trying to trace our ancestry. We have made [...]
Beyond Racial Identity
No matter where you are in the world, at some point or the other you will be accosted with an idea, a thought, a concept or a word that designate a distinction between people either based on race, color, creed, religion or belief. More often than not this serves as signpost of brewing and growing [...]
Also posted in Genesis, Identity, Inspiration, Naissance Tagged Biracial, Colored, Hapa, Identity, Mixed, Mulatto, multicultural, Multiracial 2 Comments
Who are the coloureds?
Coloureds are often identified as South Africans who are of mixed race. Since everyone is of mixed race (as there is no such thing as a pure race), the identity is ipso facto meaningless (but then so are all other racial identities presumed on the basis of authenticity or purity). However, we do not dismiss [...]
Multi-racial Britain
Martin Luther King aspired to a society where a man’s character was more important than the colour of his skin. Diane Abbott asks whether a a truly multi-racial society ever be achieved in modern day society. The myth of a pure society As a woman of African descent, I have got used to the surprise [...]
Coloured South Africans must read Capitalist Nigger
Every time you read the word “black” below swap it for “Coloured” and you will see that it applies equally. Chika Onyeani has potentially offensive views on blacks. What is the difference between what you are preaching and what other Africans on the continent and in the diaspora have said about the need for economic [...]
Mixed-race people are the most visible sign of racial harmony
The future’s bright for mixed-race Britons, but some people are still stuck in the past. If you are half-Japanese you are Haafu; if you are African Indian you are Dougla; if you are half Samoan you are Afatasi. All round the globe, a fat and happy glossary of terms for multiracial persons is emerging; but [...]
Proof of Yorkshire pudding lies in West Africa
LONDON: Scientists have discovered an African lineage in seven men with an unusual surname living in northern England who had no idea of their black ancestry. The men share a common ancestor in the 18th century and carry an unusual genetic signature, a certain type of male Y chromosome, that was previously found only in [...]
All in the Family, rattling racial skeletons
There is a well-worn jest in South Africa that the country’s “colored problem” actually began about nine months after the first Dutch settlers landed at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. However, in the strictly segregated society that has developed since, it is no laughing matter to suggest that the Afrikaners, who make up [...]