Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 2(7), pp. 268 - 272
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020702
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Persistent Presence of ‘Race’ in Post-racial 21st Century SA

Jeffrey Sehume ^*
Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), South Africa

ABSTRACT

The paper makes a case for the conclusions that 1. Race as practice continues to define ‘post-race' 21st South Africa. This is because race acts like an organism more than a system (structures, institutions, constitutions) in being malleable to exploitation based on machinations of political/economic/social power; 2. The reality of material conditions arguably determines the reconstitutional potential of race and racism; 3. An inability to address objective conditions has potential to upset projects of social cohesion and nation-building. The conceptual ideas guiding this paper come from Neville Alexander and Ambilavaner Sivanandan in ‘Race, Caste and Class in South Africa'.

KEYWORDS
Race, Feminism, Non-Racialism, Practice, Ethnicity, Community

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Jeffrey Sehume , "Persistent Presence of ‘Race’ in Post-racial 21st Century SA," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 268 - 272, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020702.

(b). APA Format:
Jeffrey Sehume (2014). Persistent Presence of ‘Race’ in Post-racial 21st Century SA. Sociology and Anthropology, 2(7), 268 - 272. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020702.