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- From: 9027882@sunvax.sun.ac.za
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
- Subject: Re: Walt Mweene Disney does UCT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.020531.5640@sunvax.sun.ac.za>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 04:05:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: sunvax.1992Nov17.020531.5640
- References: <9418@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <1992Nov12.143143.7054@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> <9568@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <cscoging.24.721906511@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za>
- Reply-To: ferr@cs.sun.ac.za <Johan Ferreira>
- Organization: University of Stellenbosch
- Lines: 32
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- Chris Scogings writes:
- > Paul M Mweene (who else) writes:
- >>>Note racist labelling of people as boers.
- >>>Gavan Tredoux
- >
- >>There is no racism in this. Boer is a Dutch (Afrikaans) word meaning farmer
- >>given to the boers by themselves.
- >
- > Many of the white South Africans who post here are not Dutch or Afrikaans or
- > farmers. They certainly do not call themselves boers. The general use of
- > boer for all white South Africans is racist. Would you call Joe Slovo a
- > boer? He is a white South African?
-
- I'm not a regular reader of this group, but it doesn't take much to
- figure out that Paul Mweene is a very prominent target in this group.
- I've also notice an article unmasking Paul as a fake, which would
- explain his insincerity.
-
- I've seen the word "boers" used much in postings. Correct me, but the
- word is "boere" last time I check.
-
- For all persons still living with their noses in the past, learn a
- few new buzz words :
-
- vryheid (freedom)
- + samesyn (peace)
- ---------
- voorspoed (welfare)
- =========
-
- Johan Ferreira
- ferr@cs.sun.ac.za
-