Charles Ash, writing in The Multiracial Activist, on "Identify Yourself – The Story of Bruin-ou.com" Part II
I would be the biggest campaigner for the term "Coloured" to be discontinued, if only there was an equally enthusiastic campaign to stop the usage of all apartheid created racial terms. If only these self-styled academics could be equally horrified when the term Black/White is used as they are when the term "Coloured" is used, then maybe their argument would have some substance. But, that is not the case. Dr Zimitri Erasmus, a lecturer at UCT asked some rather profound questions which I will put forward to you. She asked, "Who is 'black' in South Africa today? And who is 'coloured'? Who is in charge of the definitions? And why does it matter?".
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