Rather than cast debates about current affairs as good or bad, true or false, South Africans need to address the underlying problem — our widely divergent life experiences.
Well, the concept of “media” may not be entirely honest — only certain parts of the media are relevant here. This past week “the media” again underwent scrutiny in a way that demands introspection. Two incidents that enjoyed wide coverage can be described as typically South African. This came after our minister of finance used social media to express scepticism about white South Africans’ commitment to nonracialism. The second occasion for introspection arises from the Jacques Pauw incident. The details of the matter have been chewed over, but what was particularly striking was the collective identity of white male privilege that was held to be explanatory of Pauw’s conduct.
There is no question that white male privilege is a systemic pathology, but Redi Thlabi’s reflections on the incident possess more integrity because she takes the trouble to place the accusation of privilege in context.
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