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How young white Afrikaans women who serve on residence student leadership at Stellenbosch University conceptualise race, racism and white privilege
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/133570 How young white Afrikaans women who serve on residence student leadership at Stellenbosch University conceptualise race, racism and white privilege Mouton, Antoinette Francis, Dennis A. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Mouton, A. 2025. How young white Afrikaans women who serve on residence student leadership at Stellenbosch University conceptualise race, racism and white privilege. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/ab1d99cb-6228-4035-9beb-ee517534a63c The study responds to the Khampepe Commission's report on racism allegations at Stellenbosch University (2022), emphasising the need for students and staff, especially white Afrikaans individuals for whom the university was historically established, to engage in critical reflection on their understandings and experiences with race. It focuses on the influential residence spaces essential to the university's transformation agenda. While numerous studies have examined higher education, the explorative research specifically examines the intersections of femininity and race, thereby contributing to limited literature. Focusing on the perspectives of nine white Afrikaans women serving on residence student leadership, the research explores their conceptualisation of race, racism and white privilege. Through empirical, in-depth qualitative data collection via a focus group and individual interviews, thematic analysis reveals four key themes – (1) Ambivalence – ignorance and shame; (2) Intersectionality; (3) Students as active anti-oppressive agents; and (4) Politics of Performativity. Grounded in Zembylas's anti-oppressive and affect theory, the study examines how these women navigate their privilege and identities, becoming increasingly aware of their intersectional implications as student leaders. The discussion emphasises the inescapability of race in conversations of gender, language, and transformation, particularly in post-apartheid South Africa, where these emotions and systems of power are deeply intertwined. Ultimately, I argue the importance of confronting the discomfort surrounding the social construction of race and white privilege. This involves the imperative for white students to engage in open, robust dialogue in diverse spaces, working through their feelings of shame, fear and anger using strategic empathy, as outlined by Zembylas. Recognising that ambivalence is part of change, the study contends that genuine transformation can only occur when these feelings are critically explored. Masters 2025-08-18T10:07:13Z 2025-08-18T10:07:13Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/133570 Stellenbosch University 125 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
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| title | How young white Afrikaans women who serve on residence student leadership at Stellenbosch University conceptualise race, racism and white privilege |
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| title_short | How young white Afrikaans women who serve on residence student leadership at Stellenbosch University conceptualise race, racism and white privilege |
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