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Dropping the race fraud charges isn’t good enough

Dropping the race fraud charges isn’t good enough

YESTERDAY South Africans awoke to discover the press were having a field day with Glen Snyman, a teacher at Grootkraal Primary School in the Karoo region. Snyman apparently was charged with fraud after he allegedly identified himself as “African” on his CV for a position at another school in 2017...

National Geographic: No Scientific Basis for Race

National Geographic: No Scientific Basis for Race

THIS Month's issue of National Geographic is dedicated to debunking the myth of race. These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race Marcia and Millie Biggs say they’ve never been subjected to racism—just curiosity and surprise that twins could have such different skin colors. "...

​Racialising society is not the antidote to racism

​Racialising society is not the antidote to racism

IN A FANCIFUL piece on the supposed 'new science of race' published by Business Day, political commentator David Mathews resorts to long discredited theories of scientific racism, in particular social darwinism, in order to rail against non-racialists, who he says are nothing more than delusional...

Race is a bad fiction

Race is a bad fiction

THOUGHT I should post some resources for readers after yet another overseas race scandal of Dolezal proportions. (See my earlier post on this here). First, there is some popular literature on the subject: Newsweek's There is no such thing as race The Guardian's Why racism is not backed up by scie...

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