BOOK REVIEW | Non-racialism is dead. Good riddance or a tragedy?
Ismail Lagardien argues that non-racialism is an ANC public relations stunt, but his view needs to be taken further
12 April 2022 - 19:52
Among the many interesting arguments Ismail Lagardien advances in his excellent book Too White to be Coloured, Too Coloured to be Black is one that supports the claim that non-racialism has failed. It is worth rehearsing and critiquing his argument, and building on it, because the yearning for the concept remains potent in some South African quarters...
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