Systemic Racism in South Africa

Rupert Taylor is a British political sociologist and a Visiting Research Scholar at the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. A Research Associate of the  University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Rupert has served as Editor-in-Chief of Voluntas and Politikon and published in journals such as Telos, Race & Class, The Political Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and African Affairs.

“In addition to being thought-provoking and challenging conventional wisdoms, Taylor’s book is exceptionally well written and argued with passion. It makes a real contribution. Anyone interested in understanding South Africa’s politics, or racism more generally, needs to read it.” (John McGarry, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, February 11, 2025)

• 1. Racism Is a System.- 2 Apartheid as Systemic Racism.- 3 The Good White South African.- 4 Enlightened Afrikanerdom.- 5 The Chosen Path.- 6 Truth Omission.- 7 Judicial Criminality.- 8 The Just Judges?.- 9 Locked in Systemic Racism.- 10 Reckoning.