Tag archives for Fallism
Opposing Decolonization Means White Supremacy? Hold Your Horses, Social Justice Warriors!
"Social justice writer and blogger" Luke Waltham recently wrote an article for The Daily Vox titled, "Those who are against decolonisation are white supremacists". The average reader whose mind is…
#MenAreTrash and the Oppressive (Wo)man-Babies
I have just read a public statement by PASMA (Pan-African Student Movement of Azania) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The statement announces the suspension of one of its…
Roots of Racism rejoined
This piece is a rejoinder of David Matthews’ reply to my piece in which I criticized two of his commentaries on race and racism. Dear Mr Matthews, Thank you for…
Is emotion-based wisdom ‘wise’?
This is a commentary on a piece: "What is wisdom, and is it unwise to pursue it?" authored by Thaddeus Metz, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa’s…
The False God of Equality
In modern political discourse there’s much talk about the political ‘right’ and the political ‘left’, although there’s very little discussion as to what these concepts fundamentally are. The argument put…
Getting decolonisation right
This article is in response to: African universities must take a critical view of knowledge and how it’s made Some recent conservation biology left: Hermenegildo Matimele, Mozambique; Wataru Tokura, Japan; Dr Susan…
Decolonizing UCT: ‘trick or treat’ and ‘sticks and stones’
History For more than two years, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has lost direction and momentum in what used to be referred to as adaptive “transformation” of staff and…
Liberty Needs To Reclaim Compassion
During my years attending an all-boys school, many of my previous and currently-disproved political convictions were formed. As an adolescent, I watched the series The West Wing in awe of…
UCT Students Finally Reject Fallism Decisively
On 4 May 2017, UCT announced an uncharacteristically strong message from its 30000 students. They are sick and tired of ideology and politics on campus in general and intimidating, violent…
Are white students at the University of Cape Town gutless?
This is an e-mail to a colleague at the University of Cape Town who complained about the absence of ‘whites’ in the forthcoming Students Representative Council (SRC) election – describing them…