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Friday, January 27, 2012

Racism Is Not Only An American Problem.


Although it's been almost two decades since apartheid ended, South Africans still feel the pangs of racial tension, and a poster depicting an interracial couple proves just how deep the issue goes.

The political ad created by the student wing of the Democratic Alliance party, shows a white man and a black woman embracing with the tagline "In OUR future, you wouldn't look twice." While the students might be right about the future, in the present the poster has incited a heated debate among the local media and politicians, the Washington Post reports.

While some have supported the ad for its progressive message of tolerance, others were outraged. For example, one commenter left a positive message under a photo of the poster on the group's.





Read More http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/interracial-poster-in-south-africa_n_1235146.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

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