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Bernardo de La Paz

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6. Afrikaaners reversed Apartheid. Throwing blanket prejudicial condemnations over ethnic groups is

Reply to ratchiweenie (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:13 AM

Jan 12

Progressives and liberals and Democrats and lefties are against blanket prejudicial condemnations of ethnic groups, are we not?

Yes, some of the Afrikaaners (note spelling) and some of the English South Africans brought in Apartheid.

It is also true that some of the Afrikaaners and some of the English South Africans reversed Apartheid. In fact they went better than the pre 1948 South Africa and the result is a new Constitution (strongly influenced by the Canadian one from the 1980s) and universal suffrage.

Automatic condemnation of a person for belonging in an ethnic or distinguishable group is not my way.

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Afrikaaners reversed Apartheid. Throwing blanket prejudicial condemnations over ethnic groups is Bernardo de La Paz Jan 12 #6

Sorry but while they changed their laws it would not appear ratchiweenie Jan 12 #7

You seem to miss that it is the prejudice expressed by your automatic condemnation of people Bernardo de La Paz Jan 12 #9

But it was the Afrikaaner-based National Party that won power in 1948 that introduced apartheid muriel_volestrangler Jan 12 #10

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