Has Democracy Led to the Demise of Racism in South Africa? A Search for the Answer in Gauteng Schools

Autor/in	Pillay, Jace
Titel	Has Democracy Led to the Demise of Racism in South Africa? A Search for the Answer in Gauteng Schools
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 11 (2014) 2, S.146-163 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2014.927147
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Racial Bias; Social Change; Racial Segregation; Questionnaires; Interviews; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Foreign Policy; Whites; Institutional Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Incidence; Educational Strategies; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Sozialer Wandel; Rassentrennung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Principal; Schulleiter; Qualitative Forschung; Außenpolitik; White; Weißer; Ausland; Vorkommen; Lehrstrategie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The paper interrogates the misplaced belief that at the time of the framing of the South African Constitution a transition to popular democratic representation would miraculously end racism within the country. Would the first post-apartheid generation be free of the prejudices of the previous generations, or would the legacy of the old disposition be too pervasive to shake off? The author argues that the latter part of the question is more applicable since the effects of apartheid, colonialism, and imperialism are deeply entrenched in most people. He validates this argument by researching whether racism still exists in schools 20 years into democratic rule. The research, qualitative in nature, was based on interviews and questionnaires with school principals and educators in four formerly white schools. The findings indicate that racism persists, leading inductively to identifiable causes, warning signals and strategies to combat it. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01