South African “Coloureds”
1. Why coloureds can’t shed a troubled identity As the Democratic Alliance began devouring itself over the past few weeks and New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced his party’s intention to seek...
Monthly Archive: December 2003
“One drop” in South Africa
IT’S CLEAR TO ME THAT THE WRITER HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT. SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE THE SAME “ONE DROP” MYTHS IN THEIR OWN WAY. IT’S INTERESTING HOW THIS ACCUSATION OF “BETRAYING” A...
Irish Slavery
Most Americans are led to believe that slavery was synonymous with “black” or “African.” Slavery is a system of selfishness and profit that turns the vulnerable into chattel – whatever their color or ancestry....
A Canadian view of the Strom/Essie issue
This Canadian paper denounces the racism of Americans but endorses the “one drop” myth and sees no contradiction in it. Letters to the Editor can be sent to Letters@GlobeAndMail.ca. The Editor of The Globe...
American gothic
American gothic Salon By Rebecca Traister In 1948, while running for president of the United States on the Dixiecrat ticket, Strom Thurmond proclaimed, “All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the...
Strom’s daughter shows what class — not race — is all about
Strom’s daughter is class act TownHall.com by Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. Ask most thoughtful South Carolinians what they think about Essie Mae Washington-Williams – Strom Thurmond’s biracial daughter who publicly identified herself Wednesday –...
Thurmond’s Grandson
Posted on 12/19/2003 6:04:05 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative Check out the responses on the link: CENTRALIA, Wash. — Following his mother’s lead, a 53-year-old doctor in Onalaska has come forward to talk openly about...