I think you really need to visit Sth Africa I feel to be able to properly comment on how it works there racially. It's very different to our part of the world.
For sure things that we would find offensive or skirt around, they will openly debate and tackle head on. It's just different. The legacy of Apartheid touches every fabric of life daily.
This book was once given to me by a Sth African friend, and pokes fun at all the different racial groups in the Republic.
https://burnetmedia.co.za/book/the-racists-guide-to-the-people-of-sa/
A very popular read there apparently, it would never make a bookshop in NZ.
I guess one way to cope with a complex, and often nasty history, is humour.
I mean one test to see if you were classified white, was whether a pencil in your hair would stay in (white) or fall out (black/Coloured). The sheer ridiclouous of it.
For sure things that we would find offensive or skirt around, they will openly debate and tackle head on. It's just different. The legacy of Apartheid touches every fabric of life daily.
This book was once given to me by a Sth African friend, and pokes fun at all the different racial groups in the Republic.
https://burnetmedia.co.za/book/the-racists-guide-to-the-people-of-sa/
A very popular read there apparently, it would never make a bookshop in NZ.
I guess one way to cope with a complex, and often nasty history, is humour.
I mean one test to see if you were classified white, was whether a pencil in your hair would stay in (white) or fall out (black/Coloured). The sheer ridiclouous of it.