EDITORIAL | ‘Trashy coloureds’ and ‘racist pigs’: what lessons are we teaching pupils?

The exchange of racist vitriol in front of schoolchildren by adults highlights the plodding progress in rooting out racism

16 August 2022 - 20:11

Who, among us, does not know racism is bad for democracy, for our country, for victims and perpetrators, be they individuals or corporate entities? Unless someone has been under a rock, there’ll be very few. Yet racist incidents flow like a steady, unyielding current...

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