Thought Leader » Carol Freeman http://www.thoughtleader.co.za Thu, 23 May 2013 14:08:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In defence of the ‘white liberal’ http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/carolfreeman/2010/02/18/in-defence-of-the-%e2%80%98white-liberal%e2%80%99-2/ http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/carolfreeman/2010/02/18/in-defence-of-the-%e2%80%98white-liberal%e2%80%99-2/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:25:10 +0000 Carol Freeman http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/carolfreeman/2010/02/18/in-defence-of-the-%e2%80%98white-liberal%e2%80%99-2/ A recent column by the usually insightful and thought-provoking Verashni Pillay in the Mail & Guardian has caused something of an uproar. Her contention appears to be that white “liberals” (a term she uses to mean “people who don’t consider themselves racist”) are gross hypocrites who are merely in denial about their racism. According to...

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