South African Racism with a twist

[robbat2]

On South African racism, an interesting article that was in the Cape Argus today, describing Makwerekwere (discrimination by South African black people against non-South-African black people).

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20080222114544136C699021&set_id=

Comments

[hiro-antagonist.livejournal.com]

I want to say 'xenophobia knows no bounds' but I'm not sure if xeno is the right word. Otherphobia? Anywho, people are great at defining groups then deciding that the other group is bad in some way. I'm sure there's a dissertation in that somewhere.

[graham p. (from livejournal.com)]

Human nature at its finest. Reminds somewhat of the Kimmet Thesis (Michael Kimmet):

"Nearly all cultures express roughly the same amount of aggression toward their opponents." Or, to put it another way, "If they had invented gunpowder and navigation first, they would have been delighted to kick our booties up and down the continents."

(not that human nature is any excuse)

[robbat2.livejournal.com]

hey. good to see you lurking on here.