Racism Denial
It AMAZES me that we are constantly having to read letters denying the obvious in our society, and particularly in Cape Town.
As soon as a black person writes about racism, there is a spate of letters denying it.
In his letter "White racism thrives" (February 14), Bennie Bunsee was actually criticising the ANC and other members of the black community with regard to the obvious racism in the Cape.
Bunsee was criticising black professionals who should provide quality leadership to the black communities, and what he refers to as "institutional racism" in our various institutions. He was not criticising white people as such, but mentioning a reality of the …
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Publication information:
Article title: Racism Denial.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Cape Times (South Africa).
Publication date: February 19, 2008.
Page number: 10.
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