Embracing Racial Reasoning: The DASO Poster Controversy and ‘Race’ Politics in Contemporary South Africa

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Race and Responsiveness: An Experiment with South African Politicians

“…On the other hand, one might not expect the results to travel. Racial bias is a sensitive subject in post-apartheid South Africa, precisely because of the recent memory of the transition to full democracy (Vincent and Howell, 2014). Most parties seem eager to demonstrate egalitarian norms (Friedman, 2002); this eagerness seems to be particularly the case within the Democratic Alliance (DA)—an opposition party sometimes perceived to have ties to the apartheid regime (Southern, 2011; Democratic Alliance, 2013)—but “non-racialism” is a formal commitment of the dominant African National Congress (ANC) as well (Anciano, 2014).…”