Ismail Lagardien wrote:
> Whoa!
>
> Thanks everyone, very much...
>
> Perhaps I should explain: I am working on an hypothesis. White racists
> in South Africa seem to be using "cultural tolerance" to cast
> indigenous Africans as savage others... It is not uncommon to hear
> statements like; well, that is what THEY are like and we have to accept
> that - there is nothing we can do about it.
>
> The point is that this is EXACTLY what European colonialists said about
> Africans! I also have a direct quote from the book, "Savage Constructions, in which a Dean at a university in the US said pretty much the same thing MORE RECENTLY.
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> So, I want to put something together for a column I write in
> the popular press in South Africa, get some feedback and then develop
> it further for a peer review scholarly journal.
>
> I want to make the point, as per Zizek, that "cultural identity" "clash
> of civilisations" discourse has replaced race.... So "the blacks" are no longer evil, or bad, or.. whatever... we must simply
> accept that THEY are different and that is what cultual tolerance is
> all about.... Liberals tend to hide their racism behind
> multi-culturalism... Of course assimilated "blacks" (much like the colonial period) are not cast as "They" and savages... etc
>
> In the meantime, I am working on it, reading etc...Because a) I am a Marxist, and b) i have never witten anything on multiculturalism - i am reading!!!! hence my request for help.
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> Everyone has been very kind with the advice... Cheers for that.
>
> Ismail
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>
> Aluta Continua!
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