LETTER: Change IRR name
The Institute of Race Relations should rethink its name which seems contradictory nowadays
17 October 2019 - 15:51
Perhaps the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) could clarify a mystery about its title? Its CEO, Frans Cronje, a prolific letter writer, regularly decries the use of race as an indicator in measures such as BEE legislation, especially if any hint of something similar emerges from factions within the DA.
At the height of apartheid, the institute was a beacon of vital research, most of which naturally, rightly, concerned race. But why hang on to “race” in its title when the mention of race in policy discussions has Cronje and company reaching for the smelling salts?..
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