This post is a work in progress. I’m still figuring out what I know and what I think about this. The Ethnic Integration Policy was introduced in 1989. I think it’s a good policy in concept. In practice, however, it means that minorities are subjected to smaller housing markets. There are fewer buyers and sellers […]
A friend asked me for my thoughts on this – was it insensitive, or is it stirred out of proportion? insensitive is an interesting word haha i think i’d describe it as tone deaf, or a faux pas an apology is fine “stirred out of proportion” is also an interesting question what is the appropriate […]
Originally posted on Poached Magazine. “It is what you might call The New Intolerance, a new but intense desire to gag uncomfortable voices of dissent. ‘I am not intolerant’, say many people; say many softly spoken, highly-educated, liberal-minded people: ‘I am only intolerant of intolerance’. And people tend to nod sagely and say ‘Oh, Wise […]