Phyllis Naidoo: yearning for justice

SOURCE: The fabric of dissent: public intellectuals in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Houston
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Bohler-Muller, G.Houston, M.Schoeman, H.Thuynsma
KEYWORDS: INEQUALITY, INTELLIGENTSIA, NAIDOO, PHYLLIS, POLITICS, RACIAL SEGREGATION
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11801
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15869
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15869

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Abstract

Phyllis Naidoo was ten when she became conscious of racism. She had accompanied her father to the Institute of Race Relations, where she was asked to call the 'boy' serve tea. When she asked a very dignified, traditional Zulu woman the whereabouts of the 'boy', she was told: 'The boy you want is my husband. 'This shocked and embarrassed her, and quite possibly sowed a seed that would flourish only decades later.

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