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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RACE: THE SWISS MISSION IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RACE: THE SWISS MISSION IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH... THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RACE: THE SWISS MISSION IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES P a t r i c k H a r r i e s History department, University of Cape Town The race question remains at the heart o f daily life in South Africa. Before the change o f g o v e r n m e n t in 1994, the Population Registration Act fixed every South African in a racial category based on biological différences. Despite the abolition o f this law, the concept o f race remains a primary social category, and means o f identification, in South Africa. In a political climate concerned with the dismantling o f the racial basis o f the economy, state institutions, and even those in the private sector, have to « reflect the demographic structure o f the country ». This in turn requires that, in an attempt to ensure greater freedom o f opportunity, « the playing fields be levelled », In this context, blacks have become the « formerly disadvantaged » w h o benefit from a form o f positive discrimination called « affirmative action » ' . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Le Fait Missionaire (continued as Social Sciences and Missions from 2007) Brill

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RACE: THE SWISS MISSION IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1420-2018
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2211-8527
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10.1163/221185200X00045
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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RACE: THE SWISS MISSION IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES P a t r i c k H a r r i e s History department, University of Cape Town The race question remains at the heart o f daily life in South Africa. Before the change o f g o v e r n m e n t in 1994, the Population Registration Act fixed every South African in a racial category based on biological différences. Despite the abolition o f this law, the concept o f race remains a primary social category, and means o f identification, in South Africa. In a political climate concerned with the dismantling o f the racial basis o f the economy, state institutions, and even those in the private sector, have to « reflect the demographic structure o f the country ». This in turn requires that, in an attempt to ensure greater freedom o f opportunity, « the playing fields be levelled », In this context, blacks have become the « formerly disadvantaged » w h o benefit from a form o f positive discrimination called « affirmative action » ' .

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Le Fait Missionaire (continued as Social Sciences and Missions from 2007) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2000

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