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From Un/Settled by Sydelle Willow Smith:


“I suppose the only glimmer of hope on the horizon is that we as whites only make up 8% of the population so we are becoming increasingly irrelevant.”

- Terry Oakley Smith



“I suppose the only glimmer of hope on the horizon is that we as whites only make up 8% of the population so we are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Except that we own so much of the economy. The population of white people during Apartheid was 20%. Genuine reparations and a white tax would have made a fundamental statement and should have been linked to an apology. I was brought up as a Catholic. You go to confession. You confess your sins, you do your penance. It should have been linked with that process, not just taxing white people, but making it clear that we are paying reparations for the sins of our ancestors and our own sins. The BEE codes as they are, haven’t really helped the process of transformation. If you look at the Employment Equity Commission report for example. This time last year the top three levels of organisations were dominated by white men. This year the top two levels reflect the same demography.”

- Extract of interview




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