The Talking Point

Racism in the workplace


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The past few weeks has seen incidents of racism play out at the Curro independent school network. There were allegations of an Indian teacher calling a learner a monkey while in another incident, a teacher called a fellow colleague also a monkey. Some of the incidents took place last year and this year. All the institution did was either suspend or dismiss the perpetrators. But is this good enough to just fire someone accused of racism? Is this institution handling the situation in a proper way? Also can racists be transformed? 

Guest: Terry Oakley-Smith - MD of Diversi-T,

Guest: Dr Joy Owen - Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of the Free State

Guest: Dr Shahieda Jansen - Clinical Psychologist, she’s also UNISA Western Cape's Deputy Director for  Academic & ICT Support Services

Guest: Tryphina Mopai - HR Specialist and Managing Director of Phahamang Human Capital Consulting

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