‘n Reaksie op du toit en theron (1984): etnisiteit en sogenaamde “Kleurlingskap” in perspektdef

ABSTRACT

This article is a reply to Du Toit and Theron's treatment of “ethnicity and being Coloured” in the previous edition of this journal (pp. 55–66). It is concluded here that their approach is flawed in that they (i)utilise McKayand Lewin's eremely subjective model of the development of individual ethnic awarness/consciousness in an attempt to apply the analytical construct of ethnicity to the so‐called “Coloured"population group in South Africa as an ethnic group, while ignoring certain objective factors which must be taken into account; and (ii) do not accept that a minority group can be an ethnic group.