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Light-coloured footpaths, roads and other surfaces are increasingly used to reflect the sun’s rays and cool our cities. But they also reflect cancer-causing UV radiation.
The scariest thing about a black cat may be the way superstition and tradition shape people’s perceptions and prejudices about animals based solely on their color.
‘Reverse racism’ focuses on prejudiced attitudes towards a certain (racialised) group, or unequal personal treatment. But it ignores one of racism’s central markers: power.
Bret Easton Ellis’s first novel in 13 years blurs fact and fiction, mining his youth for material. The result is Joan Didion meets Brian De Palma.
Existing racism and implicit bias in Canadian media downplayed the terrorist attack by a white accused while exaggerating and staying silent on the reasons behind a hit-and-run by Muslim teens.
‘White fragility’ plays a strong role in denying Black high school students valedictorian or salutatorian status.
We want to be whitelisted and not blacklisted for jobs. White lies make stretching the truth okay, but you don’t want to receive a black mark on your record.
School officials can do a better job engaging families of color. Here are five ways for them to start.
Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
By 2050, the US will be a ‘majority-minority’ country, with white non-Hispanics making up less than half of the total population.
Being the media-savvy women that they were, suffragists realized they needed to come up with a meaningful, recognizable brand.
The Mark Lamberti case shows that South African business suffers from deeply rooted racial prejudices.
Land expropriation without compensation in South Africa will be resolved by opening up the economy and addressing inequalities.
South Africa’s idea of radical economic transformation is missing a critical element.
Zimbabwe’s new administration has promised to revive the country’s agricultural sector. Here’s what it needs to do.
The Steinhoff corporate scandal will do South Africa a huge service if it makes the point that corruption and mismanagement have nothing to do with race.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Demography, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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