ALTHOUGH segregation had been part of the South African social and political landscape since European colonisers arrived in the 17th century, it was only in 1950, with the introduction of the Population Registration Act, that the state attempted to classify the entire population into fixed groups based on the false notion of race. Scientifically, there is [...]
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All human beings belong to the same race
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The Evolution of Coloured South Africa
In Africa the indigenous people divided into tribes and developed naturally with varying and different cultural, political, religious, social norms, customs and languages or dialects. Inter-tribal marriages took place and the women would be obliged to take residence in the husband’s culture, clan or tribe. A bastard race slowly and silently shattered, littered across the [...]
Posted in Genesis, Identity, Naissance Also tagged bastar, Bushie, Gam, History, hot-not, segregation 7 Comments