I benefit from colonialism

Reblogged from uncomfortably canadian:

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About a month ago a pair of white South Africans ignited an international discussion about race and responsibility when they printed 10 t-shirts with the words "I benefited from apartheid" written boldly across the chest.

Those 10 were distributed at an art installation and were spoken for so quickly that another 30 were quickly produced. The gesture, a response to reactionary criticism of a supermarket's hiring policy, elicited all manner of responses.

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