{"id":108393,"date":"2016-01-08T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=108393"},"modified":"2016-01-08T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:55:24","slug":"reverse-racism-doesnt-exist-human-rights-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/108393\/reverse-racism-doesnt-exist-human-rights-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Reverse racism’ doesn’t exist: Human Rights Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it does not recognise the concept of ‘reverse racism’.
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South Africa has seen a number of nasty racism incidents over the past week which have led to much outrage, particularly on social media sites Twitter and Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the perceived incidents of racism have led to citizens questioning the definition of the word.
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“Racism, racial discrimination, and hate speech are wrong and unlawful regardless of perpetrator’s colour – be it white or black. Report it to the SAHRC,” said advocate Thuli Madonsela, the Public Protector of South Africa.<\/p>\n

“Nobody is born racist. Like all bigotry, racism is learned through socialization and can be unlearned.<\/p>\n

“Events in last few days have awakened us to the fact that we can’t continue to turn a blind eye to the festering culture of public insults,” said Madonsela.<\/p>\n

BusinessTech put the question of racism to the SAHRC, a state institution established to support constitutional democracy. <\/span><\/p>\n

The SAHRC is mandated to protect and assess the observance of human rights in South Africa and was established to <\/span>investigate prima facie violations of human rights as contained within the Bill of Rights – which is Chapter Two of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.<\/p>\n

“We do not recognise the concept of ‘reverse racism’ as that would presuppose that there are different kinds or categories of racism.<\/p>\n

“Racism is racism, irrespective of the colour of the victim or perpetrator. If a black person only leases his\/her rental apartments to other black persons, such a person would be guilty of racism.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as: Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one\u2019s own race is superior.<\/p>\n

The Free dictionary by Farlex describes<\/a><\/strong> ‘reverse discrimination’ as: Discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, especially when resulting from policies established to correct discrimination against members of a minority or disadvantaged group.<\/p>\n

Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko said the following in an expert from his book\u00a0I write what I like<\/a><\/strong>: “Those who know, define racism as discrimination by a group against another for the purposes of subjugation or maintaining subjugation. In other words, one cannot be a racist unless he has the power to subjugate.”<\/p>\n

More on racism in South Africa<\/h3>\n

Racism is due to weak SA economy: IRR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ANC defends white South Africans in racism row<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Racism is alive and well in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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