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January 26, 2016

Nomboniso Gasa: “I’ll Take Whatever Names, Spits And Piss That Comes My Way” As She Comments On Racism

Racism will never just stop, but we can educate ourselves in what it is, who gets what out of it and who has power when using it.

Nomboniso Gasa is a gender and politics researcher who, in light of the recent racial spats that have taken up our precious* social media time, gave a deconstruction of racism and how it is understood. Nomboniso took to Twitter and belted out 45+ Tweets on the subject and how to see it from various points of view. It makes for a quick read and definitely highlights various issues that comes from both sides of the racial lines, such as the history of racism both in South Africa and in the world and how it applies to the people within our society.

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[source: mg]