Apartheid racist ideology persists openly in post-apartheid Bloemfontein.

Evidence

These racist discourses were the primary ideological drivers of colonialism and apartheid and yet they are spoken in modern-day Bloemfontein without apology, hedging or defence. Indeed, in Interview extract 24 the dropping of ‘standards’ is equated to being ‘swallowed’ – as if whiteness is consumed or obliterated once ‘standards lower’. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 162

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Post-apartheid Afrikaners retained colonial racist ideologies despite rejecting apartheid’s morality. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 188; Displaced Afrikaner racism survives as a private in-group discourse. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 130

Broader Connections