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Helen Zille creates moral equivalence between white privilege and what she terms as black privilege.(David Harrison/M&G)

Deconstruct irrational debates in SA

White monopoly capital and the Zille privilege tweets are reasons we need logical discourse

The colonial education system debarred a multitude of voices from engagement in constructing our worlds and knowledge systems, says the writer. (John McCann)

Race is an obstinate variable

The education system needs a revolution so that black people’s academic achievements will improve

‘It is dangerous and retrogressive to pussyfoot around the concept of race, as if it is just a fact of life that must be accepted’ (John McCann/M&G)

Class exists but can we say the same of race?

We need to drop race as a category and rather see people according to their different needs

(AFP)

Race debate needs to enter more productive terrain

We need to move towards refining our understanding of the causes behind structural and racialised inequality

“The idea that one can observe a human being, in all their complexity and discern cognitive ability, is highly problematic.” (John McCann/M&G)

Race debate elicits fatal fallacies

No answer is simple in our complex society, which is why the ‘obvious’ solutions are so often wrong

Whatever happens from here on out

Are South Africa’s anti-corruption crusaders racist?

‘It would be foolhardy to suggest that discussions about corruption in South Africa are race neutral’

Jamil Khan

​Slice Of Life: Rachel Dolezal and the erasure of history

Engaging with Rachel Dolezal did not convince an employee of the Centre for Diversity Studies of her well-meaning.

FW de Klerk: Government policies will drive white South Africans away

The former president says social programmes including Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment are aimed at harming minorities.

Wayde van Niekerk at the Diamond League meeting in France

#ColouredExcellence: How Wayde van Niekerk’s victory challenges stereotypes

The debate sparked by the Olympian’s victory shows that coloured people are still being told how to identify themselves, writes Ra’eesa Pather

Helen Zille’s short-sighted tweets about HIV and Aids fuel HIV stigma.

​#AIDS2016: Yes, Helen Zille racism and inequality do fuel the spread of HIV

The Western Cape premier should know that inequality, not just science, lies at the root of the Aids epidemic.

Success at the first attempt: “Happiness is a Four-Letter Word” director Thabang Moleya.

Letters to the editor: April 29 to May 5 2016

Readers write in about Jeff Rudin and race, the immaculate conception, the use of the word ‘marijuana’ instead of ‘dagga’, and the use of expletives.

Let’s debate facts – not feelings

To debate on the basis of science-based evidence before making decisions is something we should aspire to in every field where it is possible.

Connected? The hooked-on-social-media-world inhibits spontaneous conversation

Don’t leave forgiveness out of SA’s race debate

We can have more honest conversations about race but we cannot reject forgiveness and its aim of reconciliation, writes Verashni Pillay.