A UNIQUE characteristic of SA as a society is the racialised structural inequality inherited from the apartheid period. It was an intended and planned outcome of a warped strategy and a set of policy positions designed and rigorously implemented to achieve it. In a very weird way the outcome was hugely successful and achieved the objective of creating a reality that inferred a sense of racialised superiority and protected opportunity among white people.The impact naturally developed a mind-set or paradigm that finds its expression in embedded racial attitudes and belief. Paradigms are the foundation to our thinking and they can liberate or limit our outlook and imprison us.The baby boomer generation constitutes the biggest adult demographic and most of their adult lives were spent under the enveloping policy and culture of the apartheid system. Their children were also brought under this culture. Many were mentally and spiritually liberated enough to understand that it was a bigoted...
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