race
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This past year has made one thing very clear: Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s rainbow has been washed away by the storms of fear, rage and trepidation. All this can be encapsulated in one death blow of a word: racism. It’s telling that it’s been twenty-two years since the historic election that ushered in democracy, and we…
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The now-popular term “Black Excellence” always comes with a certain longing. In as much as accomplishments are celebrated, we lament the fact that such excellence is still the exception and not the norm. We seek a way to raise the standards of black men and women across all disciplines, knowing full well that our legacy…
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“Radical individualism” is a term used to describe-in layman’s terms-the freedom from perceived restrictions such as religious and cultural hegemonies. Basically, the “ideology of non-ideology”. In a personal sense, I was in awe of this phenomenon when I first encountered it, but as I was well too aware, the labels used to define me won’t…
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