LETTER: Multiracialism the way to go rather than nonracialism
The DA’s persistence in refusing to recognise a person’s colour is going to lose it a lot of black support
The question of how we should approach SA’s demographic heterogeneity, and specifically how much attention is given to race, is clearly a central issue to DA policy-making, and to its leadership contest (“Bottom-up approach to tackling inequality can benefit the poor more than trickle-down redress (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-03-08-bottom-up-approach-to-tackling-inequality-can-benefit-the-poor-more-than-trickle-down-redress/)”, March 8).
While Helen Zille, obviously still a powerful influence in the party, strongly supports nonracialism as opposed to multiracialism, at least two of the three candidates for leadership favour a multiracial approach. As one of the founders and co-leaders of the original Democratic Party, I believe this is the way to go...
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