READER REPORT: The danger of confusing race and cultureDOMINICO ZAPATA/STUFF Rudi du Plooy celebrates the controversial Day of the Vow, an Afrikaans holiday commemorating a battle between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu. His viewpoint has several worrying factors, but one in particular is du Plooy’s view on associating culture solely on race. It’s OK to notice racial differences, but we shouldn’t mix race and culture up as if they share the same dictionary definition. GIDEON MENDEL/GETTY South African police officers charge a group of United Democratic Front demonstrators during the apartheid era. It therefore takes a seismic shift, such as moving to a different country with a completely different values system, to break ties with traditional cultural values.

Source: Stuff December 21, 2017 22:13 UTC