YACOOB ABBA OMAR | Why and how we should talk about race We need a framework drawn from a constellation of contributions 06 April 2021 - 20:13 By Yacoob Abba Omar
PUZZLING The author believes there are several dimensions to the issue of race and privilege. Image: 123RF/LIGHTWISE
This article is not about former Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib and the use of the “N-word”.
Pan-African thinking pioneer WEB du Bois declared in 1900 that “the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the colour line”. Twelve decades later the problem persists, and will persist until we have overcome the legacies of slavery, colonialism and apartheid.