Ruminations on the “Truth” (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this series, Terence Corrigan discusses how people and societies can protect themselves from misinformation, and how they should genuinely honour the concept of “truth”, both individually and collectively.
Ruminations on “Truth” (Part 1)
Our public conversation is dominated by narrative, by emotion and the heady lure of perceived virtue. In appropriating the concept to truth, as has been done in South Africa it delivered the country to something of a post-truth world long before Donald Trump’s name appeared on a ballot half a world away. Terence Corrigan, Project & Publications Manager at the Institute of Race Relations analyses the narration of our conversation. This is the 1st of a 2 part series.
School racism: Narratives, the “truth” and truth
Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon say that the Gauteng Department of Education has made it clear that it shares the “presumption” of racism, and the narratives flowing from it