Rainbowism
South African political commentators have been known to speculate on 'rainbowism', whereby true domestic issues such as the legacy of racism, crime and the such are glossed over and 'sugar-coated' by the cover of rainbow peace;
South African politician, academic and noted poet Jeremy Cronin cautions:
| “ | "Identity formation as well as the myth of the 'rainbow nation' and its performative intention have served to discursively create a national identity that has been top-down in its constitution and implementation. As a result, true reconciliation has been foregone in place of a simplified and somewhat candy-coated myth of peace that has served to reconcile those on the inside whilst pitting them against those on the outside.
Allowing ourselves to sink into a smug rainbowism will prove to be a terrible betrayal of the possibilities for real transformation, real reconciliation, and real national unity that are still at play in our contemporary South African reality. |
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