Affirmative action Quote by Christina Engela

Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing.

— Oliver Tambo

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

— Thabo Mbeki

“Don’t let anyone tell you that Apartheid has nothing to do with South Africa now. Those roots run deep and tangled and we’ll be…

— Lauren Beukes

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt -…

— Harry Oppenheimer

“This generalized anti-white feeling has, during the past decade, taken tangible form in South Africa. The white population of the Union, though numbering 1,500,000,…

— T. Lothrop Stoddard

The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or…

— P. W. Botha

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives…

— Henry Louis Gates

“If you are truly telling a South African story then it will be political — because you are dealing with people who lead political…

— Zakes Mda

“Racist policies forcing free Blacks into menial jobs were being defended by racist claims that lazy and unskilled Black people were best for those…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“As the British Empire fell, the Afrikaner rose up to claim South Africa as his rightful inheritance. To maintain power in the face of…

— Trevor Noah

“Of course South Africa is not perfect. We have extreme social issues and many scars left over from the past. But what happened here…

— Lili Radloff

“There is a duality to South Africa, as in all of life itself, that is evident, and as stark as the inequality among its…

— Diane Brown