Raymond Carnation on "Whiteness without apartheid: the limits of racial freedom"

Raymond Carnation — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:19:34 +0100

Hello,
My name is Raymond Carnation. I was a Philadelphia Police Officer in the USA that opposed racism in my dept. and was fired for doing so in March of 1999. In May of 2008 I along with two other white officers won a Precedential racism case. The case is Moore vs. TheCity of Philadelphia NOS.03-1465 and NOS.03-1473. We would like our story to be told to the world and the future civil rights attorneys in colleges all over.This case proves that racism is still a serious problem in America and I think all over the world .If you and your staff could do a story on this case so the world can be aware of this ongoing problem. Thank You for your time and concern. Yours Truly Raymond Carnation email around4life@aol.com

South Africa: whiteness without apartheid, Achille Mbembe

Grace Davies — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:10:46 +0100

Thirteen years after the formal abolition of apartheid, South Africa is no longer what it used to be. Whether by design or not, the country is undergoing multiple transitions, at different paces and rhythms. It is coming out of the dark age of white supremacy and entering, wilfully or not, into a new age of diversity, pluralism and inclusion.

Today, there are significantly more blacks in the middle and upper classes than twenty years ago. There has been a dramatic decline in the overt daily horrors of segregation. Although a lot remains to be done, blacks are visible in positions of leadership, affluence and influence in almost every sector of South African life (government, business, industry, banking and commerce, higher education, health, media, etc.). The meaning of race and the nature of racial identity are now far more complex and ambiguous than they have ever been. Who is "black", "Afrikaner", "white", "coloured", "Asian" or "African" is no longer pre-fixed.

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Raymond Carnation on "Whiteness without apartheid: the limits of racial freedom"

South Africa: whiteness without apartheid, Achille Mbembe