nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200626-225016-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200626s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200626-225016-0 doi eng 342 23 de Vos, Pierre Author aut “Race” and the Constitution: A South African perspective de Vos, Pierre Verfassungsblog 2020-06-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier For a South African constitutional lawyer, watching from afar, the current debate in Germany on the removal of the word “race” from section 3 of article 3 of the German Basic Law, is perplexing. In the South African context, a similar call would widely be viewed as a regressive step aimed at protecting white privilege and reinforcing the social and economic dominance of the white minority. The South African and German contexts and histories differ, and the word “race” might have different connotations in German than it has in English, but it may nevertheless be of interest to consider why the words “race”, “racial” and “non-racialism” are mentioned in several provisions of the South African Constitution. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Discrimination race Racism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/race-and-the-constitution-a-south-african-perspective/ raw object