I take your point, but willing integration was (and continues to be) a definite part of history: www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/3/....
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May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I take your point, but willing integration was (and continues to be) a definite part of history: www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/3/....
Labelling an entire population as either subjugators or subjugated oversimplifies human histories and relationships.
You flatten individual experiences and ignore the nuance in power dynamics.
You flatten individual experiences and ignore the nuance in power dynamics.
May 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Labelling an entire population as either subjugators or subjugated oversimplifies human histories and relationships.
You flatten individual experiences and ignore the nuance in power dynamics.
You flatten individual experiences and ignore the nuance in power dynamics.
Please read through your sources before posting them.
This study looked only at the whitest of our white people. It did not look for any European DNA markers in other group (where you'd see evidence of integration)
This study looked only at the whitest of our white people. It did not look for any European DNA markers in other group (where you'd see evidence of integration)
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Please read through your sources before posting them.
This study looked only at the whitest of our white people. It did not look for any European DNA markers in other group (where you'd see evidence of integration)
This study looked only at the whitest of our white people. It did not look for any European DNA markers in other group (where you'd see evidence of integration)
tl;dr - we have 11 official languages and yes we learn zulu/xhosa in school. Early settlers also learned Koi and San
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
tl;dr - we have 11 official languages and yes we learn zulu/xhosa in school. Early settlers also learned Koi and San
I encourage you to learn more about the country's pre-apartheid history, and help dismantle the narratives the regime implemented
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I encourage you to learn more about the country's pre-apartheid history, and help dismantle the narratives the regime implemented
Sorry but this is a very uninformed viewpoint.
Early settlers integrated very closely with Koi and San tribes, with many having families together.
Apartheid was a dark stain on our history and it drove a very revionist narrative of integration between our people - which many people readily accept
Early settlers integrated very closely with Koi and San tribes, with many having families together.
Apartheid was a dark stain on our history and it drove a very revionist narrative of integration between our people - which many people readily accept
May 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sorry but this is a very uninformed viewpoint.
Early settlers integrated very closely with Koi and San tribes, with many having families together.
Apartheid was a dark stain on our history and it drove a very revionist narrative of integration between our people - which many people readily accept
Early settlers integrated very closely with Koi and San tribes, with many having families together.
Apartheid was a dark stain on our history and it drove a very revionist narrative of integration between our people - which many people readily accept
Their key demographic isn't informed enough to know the difference.
Might I suggest an Eskom power plant for Chernobyl?
Might I suggest an Eskom power plant for Chernobyl?
April 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Their key demographic isn't informed enough to know the difference.
Might I suggest an Eskom power plant for Chernobyl?
Might I suggest an Eskom power plant for Chernobyl?