In this course, we often speak about society and identity. Just yesterday, we watched the most interesting documentary on gangs and how they operate in jail and outside the bars of justice. In this piece a man was questioned about his identity. He was asked if he would classify himself as a cape coloured. His [...]
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Multiracial Student Experience: What Faculty and Campus Leaders Need to Know
It was the first day of a sociology graduate course on race and students were going around the table introducing themselves and their areas of interest. When it was my turn, I stated my name and described my interest in the racial identity development of multiracial people and how such identities might affect our current [...]
Multiracial Oath of Social Responsibility
I want to make a difference in this world. Therefore: I strive to improve race relations.I know that race and ethnicity are not solely defined by one genetic heritage; I refuse to confine my choices in love or loyalty to a single race; I make efforts to increase my knowledge of racial history; I know [...]
Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People
I HAVE THE RIGHT… Not to justify my existence in this world. Not to keep the races separate within me. Not to be responsible for people’s discomfort with my physical ambiguity. Not to justify my ethnic legitimacy. I HAVE THE RIGHT… To identify myself differently than strangers expect me to identify. To identify myself differently [...]
The Way Forward for People of Colour.
Transcending the shackles, chains and burdens of separation mentality, repressive racial thought prevalent in South Africa and the world, the concept of beyond identity fosters values of uniformity between people that finds discourse and dissent against any form of exclusion. An ethos never to racially exclude and discriminate on the grounds of ethnicity, nationality, language, [...]