(University of the Free State, 2009) Erasmus, Piet
English: Events relating to the management of diversity and transformation on the campus
of the University of the Free State led to a national and international outcry when
the existence of the so-called “nauseating Reitz video” came to light. The ensuing
debates to a large extent centred on the meaning and content of concepts such as racism,
diversity and transformation. This article offers anthropological perspectives
on the abovementioned concepts. Various semantic layers are exposed. It also points
out the way in which underlying power issues tend to distort the appropriation of
these concepts as well as the way in which they come to serve as guises for racism.