South Africa Bans Hurtful Lanuage

[Grant Barrett]

>From http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/10/25/timfgn
afr02005.html?999

ABUSIVE and hurtful language, including the use of the words
kaffir, boer and coolie, will be banned by law under sweeping new
anti-discrimination legislation to be submitted to the South
African Parliament this week.

Unfair discrimination is defined as any act or omission, either
intended or unintended, which has the effect of causing an unjust
disadvantage to a person or group of people. The Promotion of
Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill has been
approved by Cabinet and must be on the statute books by February.

...

Criminal racism embraces racial incitement, dissemination of
ideas suggesting inferiority or superiority of any group of people,
racially exclusive practices, and racial tokenism. The use of
specific words - kaffir, boer, coolie, Hottentot, bobbejan (useless
person), kaffirmeid (black maid), "and any of their variations"
are also punishable by law.