Discrimination Followed Us into Paradise: A Quantitative Analysis of Self-reported Racial Discrimination

Thobeka Zondi; Samela Mtyingizane; Ngqapheli Mchunu; Steven Gordon; Benjamin Roberts; Jarè Struwig

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Thobeka Zondi

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Samela Mtyingizane

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Ngqapheli Mchunu

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Jarè Struwig

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Pages:: 175–199

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004515949_008

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Abstract

For the average black African, coloured and Indian person in South Africa, the experience of apartheid was defined by racial discrimination - an inequity that was felt in almost every facet of life. The post-apartheid regime promised an end to widespread racial discrimination. New policies of social cohesion, redress and transformation were meant to deliver on this promise. However, twenty-seven years into the post-apartheid era, the news media is awash with stories of ordinary South Africans’ experiences of racial discrimination. The modern post-apartheid media’s appetite for such stories begs important questions about the levels of self-reported racial discrimination in the country and how these levels have changed in the contemporary period. Moreover, continuing prejudice of this kind suggests problems with the government’s existing framework of anti-discrimination and redress legislation. This chapter examines patterns of reported discrimination by population group and how these patterns have changed over time. Data from the nationally representative South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) for the period 2003-2016 is be used. The chapter investigates both personal and collective experiences of racial discrimination, providing important insights into the practice of modern racism. Looking at the claims of the country’s four major population groups, the chapter reflects on feelings of racial marginalisation and the expectations of the post-apartheid period. With reference to the outcomes of the quantitative analysis, the chapter then critically considers existing policies of transformation and social cohesion. The chapter concludes by reflecting on proposed mechanisms to reduce discrimination with a special focus on the upcoming hate crime legislation.

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Paradise Lost

Race and Racism in Post-apartheid South Africa

Series: Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume: 28

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004515949

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 06 Jun 2022

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Part 1 White Privilege and the Racialised Power Structure in South Africa

Part 2 The Manifestation of Racism in Post-apartheid South Africa

Part 3 Race and Identity in Post-apartheid South Africa

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