Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home AfricaBib Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:White anti-racism in post-apartheid South Africa
Author:Matthews, SallyISNI
Year:2012
Periodical:Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies (ISSN 0258-9346)
Volume:39
Issue:2
Pages:171-188
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Whites
racism
political action
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589346.2012.683938
Abstract:South Africans today live not only with the memory of the racial injustices of the past, but also with present injustices that are a consequence of that past. How should white South Africans live with these past and present injustices? On recognition of the racial injustices of the past and of the continuation of forms of white privilege today, involvement in ongoing anti-racist struggles seems to be an appropriate way for white South Africans to respond to past and present injustices. However, some discussions of the way in which white privilege operates and is perpetuated in post-segregationist societies suggest the need for caution with regard to white involvement in anti-racist struggles, arguing that some of the ways in which white people involve themselves in apparently anti-racist work actually result in the perpetuation rather than the erosion of white privilege. This article explores concerns about the intractability of white privilege while also ultimately defending the appropriateness of white involvement in anti-racist struggles. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
Views
Cover