Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
The "South African Quota" catch-all thread
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 874273" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>If I thought someone was being racist I'd have said it. If someone never spoke out against either of the following:</p><p></p><p>- exclusion of blacks from sports through apartheid</p><p>- post apartheid efforts to keep rugby a white majority pursuit in schools and at professional levels (as indicated in the video above by a South African rugby journalist as still being present in parts of the rugby community)</p><p></p><p>BUT</p><p></p><p>feel the need to speak out against the transformation process then I will happily label that person both a hypocrite and a racist.</p><p></p><p>I have had no dealings with posters in this forum until last year, so I've no idea if this description applies to anyone here. </p><p></p><p>I must say I have generally found South African posters here to be of a good calibre and quite enlightened even though I find myself disagreeing with them on a regular basis. It has challenged my own personal prejudices as someone who studied various African countries (albeit not South Africa) as part of my education. </p><p></p><p>I have no idea if a member of editorial staff for a rugby magazine that I posted a link to above will be right in what he says; but given his occupation it is probably a side of the argument that is at least worth being aware of. It is an argument that is rarely heard on the white dominated parts of the internet that so frequently seem to enjoy labelling transformation as "racist" whilst seemingly being hell bent in refusing to place that process into its cultural and political context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 874273, member: 74121"] If I thought someone was being racist I'd have said it. If someone never spoke out against either of the following: - exclusion of blacks from sports through apartheid - post apartheid efforts to keep rugby a white majority pursuit in schools and at professional levels (as indicated in the video above by a South African rugby journalist as still being present in parts of the rugby community) BUT feel the need to speak out against the transformation process then I will happily label that person both a hypocrite and a racist. I have had no dealings with posters in this forum until last year, so I've no idea if this description applies to anyone here. I must say I have generally found South African posters here to be of a good calibre and quite enlightened even though I find myself disagreeing with them on a regular basis. It has challenged my own personal prejudices as someone who studied various African countries (albeit not South Africa) as part of my education. I have no idea if a member of editorial staff for a rugby magazine that I posted a link to above will be right in what he says; but given his occupation it is probably a side of the argument that is at least worth being aware of. It is an argument that is rarely heard on the white dominated parts of the internet that so frequently seem to enjoy labelling transformation as "racist" whilst seemingly being hell bent in refusing to place that process into its cultural and political context. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
The "South African Quota" catch-all thread
Top