Richard Raber, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

Rejecting Postracialism: Whiteness, Morality and Decency

Richard Raber — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:09:32 +0000

#BlackLivesMatter has illuminated the crisis of contemporary whiteness in its full flesh by giving white people a glimpse into some of the worst of white supremacy; the execution of people of colour by state actors with impunity. Beginning with the contention that most white people view racism conceptually as bad, evil or at least something [...]

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Commodification and Consciousness

Richard Raber — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:02:34 +0000

Having arrived in South Africa from Canada this past August in order to become involved with the Rural Women’s Movement, many questions have arisen. More specifically questions around political consciousness; what does it mean to be a conscious person and how does that look in contemporary South Africa and the world in general? One observation [...]

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