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The Impact of White Supremacy on First-Generation Mixed-Race Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
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Genealogy (2313-5778) . Mar2024, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p28. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- South African white supremacy has been shaped by over 400 years of settler colonialism and white minority apartheid rule to craft a pervasive and entrenched legacy of privilege and oppression in the post-apartheid context. This paper explores the constructions of white supremacy, specifically its role in shaping the perceptions of first-generation mixed-race identity in South Africa, through semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Through a critical race theory and an intersectional lens, this paper unpacks the personal, political, and social impact of white supremacist structures on the identity construction of first-generation mixed-race people in post-apartheid South Africa; specifically, societal- and self-perceptions of their identity within power structures with which they interact. Moreover, this paper aims to understand how first-generation mixed-race people understand their connections to white privilege. Ultimately this paper argues that although first-generation mixed-race people experience relative privilege, their access to white privilege and acceptance within structures of whiteness is always conditional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *POST-apartheid era
*WHITE supremacy
*CRITICAL race theory
*INTERSECTIONALITY
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23135778
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Genealogy (2313-5778)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176303453
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8010028