Post-apartheid Afrikaners treat the label itself as a stigma to be managed

Evidence

Participants spoke frequently about the disadvantages of being seen to be an Afrikaner. As one participant said (Interview extract 1), calling yourself an Afrikaner can land you ‘in kakstraat’ (in shit street). One’s identity as Afrikaner can therefore be a liability – but it is not being an Afrikaner that is problematic, but calling yourself an Afrikaner. So being Afrikaans becomes something to be hidden, something that you prefer not to speak about (Interview extract 2). However, simply not speaking about it is not enough – participants also actively distanced themselves from many stereotypical aspects of Afrikaner identity like conservative dress, culture, language, history, and overt racism. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 73

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing whether the stigma attaches to the label or the underlying identity, and whether hiding the label dissolves or concentrates the grievance circuit.
• XREF: connects to: Post-apartheid Afrikaner identity requires strict separation of public and private racial speech — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 194; Afrikaners displace racism into private in-group spaces rather than renouncing it — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 120; Present-day Afrikaners discard identity markers that tie them to the accountable past — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 186 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Present-day Afrikaners discard identity markers that tie them to the accountable past #expands (0.90) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 186
• Post-apartheid Afrikaner identity requires strict separation of public and private racial speech #expands (0.85) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 194
• Some Afrikaners reduce their entire culture to racism and disown it #expands (0.85) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 90
• Afrikaners displace racism into private in-group spaces rather than renouncing it #expands (0.80) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 120