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Not seeing colour is not racist

The woke insist that 'I don't see colour' or 'I am colourblind' are actually expressions of racism in that you ignore a fundamental feature of a person. We ...

The “burning flag” ad, or, much ado about nothing

The has been much 'outrage' at the DA's 'burning flag' advert. It's critical of the ANC, the EFF and MK. And so it should be. The South African flag is a ...

School racism: Narratives, the “truth” and truth

Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon say that the Gauteng Department of Education has made it clear that it shares the “presumption” of racism, and the narratives ...

Is racism in the eye of the powerful only?

The racism alleged against individuals who don't hold power gets a lot of outraged attention, but the casual yet repeated racism intended to undermine the ...

Sustaining free speech, confronting hate

The global protests over the Israel/Hamas war have brought to the fore the debate about whether there are limits to free speech. Sara suggests that marches ...

A tribute to former CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, John Kane-Berman, who died this week after a short illness at the age of 76.

Hate speech will hobble free speech*

Supporting free speech vigorously means accepting that people are entitled to express hate speech. The response to hate speech should not be to criminalise it, ...

Sara Gon exams why we need a free speech union given that freedom of speech is a constitutional right. Things can change in as fraught political environment ...

John Kerry wants to end free speech

The worst assault on free speech by the climate change lobby has just come from John Kerry, unsuccesful presidential candidate in 2004 election, Secretary of ...

Free speech is the best weapon against hate speech

The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill would criminalise racist speech. Almost every supporter of the bill see legislation as a means ...