The major issue is why this kind of research was being produced 25 years after the end of apartheid.
At the end of March this year, an article claiming that “coloured” women in South Africa have low cognitive functioning was published in the academic journal,The authors were all scholars at Stellenbosch University. They came to the conclusion that:
This is understandable given that the study was based on apartheid’s racial categories. In South Africa, “coloured” is a highly contested term dating back to the late nineteenth century. Under apartheid, it was used to racially classify and segregate people of mixed race. Stellenbosch University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor for research, innovation and postgraduate studies, Professor Eugene Cloete,Cloete said that he would investigate how the study passed the ethics review board at Stellenbosch University – the institutional mechanisms meant to ensure ethical research.
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