I’ve just seen the 2008 movie “Skin,” based on the life of South African Sandra Laing. And what a life she has lived! Born in 1955 to two apparently Caucasian parents in Apartheid South Africa, Sandra has decidedly non-white features and a skin color several shades darker than her Afrikaner parents. At a time when [...]
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Posted in Beyond Borders, border conflicts, Border Violations, identity, movies, politics, race, tagged Afrikaner, Apartheid, race classifcations, Sandra Laing, South Africa on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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