Non-racialism , aracialism or antiracialism is a South African ideology rejecting racism and " racialism " while affirming liberal democratic ideals.
4-939: The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is a South African-based foundation the seeks to promote non-racialism and the principles within both the Freedom Charter and the South African Constitution . It is named after anti- apartheid activist, political prisoner, and politician Ahmed Kathrada . The foundation was founded by Ahmed Kathrada in 2008. The foundation has released a number of statements critical of South African politicians who have engaged in alleged acts of corruption and state capture and calling for action to be taken against them. The foundation has also made statements and taken action against individual instances of racism in South Africa as part of its overall focus to prevent racism generally in society. This includes calling
8-595: A belief in non-racialism in the early 1960s, but later rejected the concept and harshly criticized Nelson Mandela for his embrace of the ideology. Non-racialism is a stated core policy of the African National Congress ; however, the adoption of multiracialist policy in the Freedom Charter instead of Afrocentric non-racialism is what resulted in the breakaway Pan Africanist Congress of Azania in 1959. This article about South African politics
12-543: Is enshrined in Chapter One of the Constitution of South Africa . The term has been criticized as vague, and carrying different meanings even among people sharing the same ideological tradition. The earliest use of the term was by Karl Polanyi in the 1930s. Neville Alexander follows Robert Sobukwe in defining non-racialism as the acknowledgement of the nonexistence of race as a scientific fact. Robert Mugabe professed
16-641: The South African Human Rights Commission to take action against people who make overtly racist remarks in addition to setting up the Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA). Memorials to remember anti-apartheid activist and trade unionist, Neil Aggett , have been organised by the Kathrada Foundation. Non-racialism Non-racialism became the official state policy of South Africa after April 1994, and it
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