By Gillian Schutte A meme declaring South Africa as the first African country to recolonise itself, circulated widely on social media this week. It was met with both laughter and grim acknowledgment….
Tag: whiteness
Why Race Justice?
Gillian Schutte writes about shining the light on whiteness and white privilege. As a white person privy to a gamut of white attitudes, it is of great interest to me to explore…
Why do White Families Teach Racism to Their Kids?
By: Mawuna Remarque Koutonin
All Whites Are Racist Until Whiteness is Defunct.
By: Gillian Schutte
Whiteness is an Ancestral Trust Fund.
By Gillian Schutte To be born white in South Africa is akin to being born with a trust fund left to the white collective courtesy of our ancestors. White people can be…
Rachel Dolezal and the unbearable burden of whiteness.
By Gillian Schutte When Rachel Dolezal’s story exploded onto the social media two weeks ago it started off as a curious narrative of a white woman who had appropriated a black…
A New Year Epistle to Whiteness
By Gillian Schutte Dear white people, There is no kind way to put this so gird your loins and swallow hard. All whites are racist. Some may not practice racism and many…
White Eroticisation of Black Suffering
By: Gillian Schutte Pics: from www.thirdworldbunfight.co.za Eroticisation Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B – an art installation that recreates the horrors that white colonialists wreaked on black body, came under fire when Black communities…
A comprehensive guide to white privilege in South Africa
By: Gillian Schutte:
Don’t call me by my slave name.
By Sabelo Kotswana: I recently visited a doctor in Milnerton. The purpose of my visit was largely to establish contact with a doctor in Cape Town, having recently moved from Johannesburg.