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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Understanding racism and whether we are overreacting?
Description: The issue of alleged racism at Pretoria Girls High has again sparked national headlines in the media. The case involves black learners reporting that white learners had set up a WhatsApp group chat to discuss them. One of the white learners reportedly pointed out in the group that the black learners feel that uniform rules re not applied equally. The 12 learners who are on the WhatsApp group have been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing. At the case is being investigated, we thought to use the opportunity to look at whether we are overreacting when it comes to reports of...