LETTER: Rob Johnston writes that he usually agrees with whatever Lorenzo Davids writes in his Another Voice column, but “The politics of second-hand clothes and cappuccinos in the Western Cape” seemed to be just another racist rant, rather than his usua...
Take a drive around Rylands, parts of Langa, and many others – that idea doesn't fly either.
The problem is that skin-colour politics is a cop-out solution to the many issues facing us – a more reasoned approach is needed if you really want reasons for poverty. Try correlating “people in poverty” with “people who don't practise family planning”, for example; or “people in poverty” with “people who didn’t first check if jobs and houses were available before flooding into Cape Town".
The article may get the 83% cheering for you, if that’s what you want, but the race card is getting a bit worn in these enlightened times.
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