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Caiden Lang
Caiden is interested in human well-being from a scientific perspective. He believes in humanism and classical liberalism. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Edinburgh University.
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You can fool some people some of the time: A reply to Lebogang Montjane
- By Caiden Lang
- . Dec 7, 2022
In the Winter edition of Independent Education, the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa’s (ISASA) magazine, the executive director of ISASA Mr Lebogang Montjane defends
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‘Struggle session’ at Fish Hoek High: a feature, not a bug
- By Caiden Lang
- . Nov 9, 2022
‘Authentic antiracism is rarely comfortable. Discomfort is key to my growth and thus desirable.’ Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People
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American antiracism is social justice status quo in South Africa’s private schools
- By Caiden Lang
- . Jul 9, 2022
On 14 June The Daily Maverick published an article titled ‘South African non-racialism or American antiracism? UCT muddles through muddied waters’ by UCT professors Nicoli Nattrass
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Thirsty Travellers – a tale for Father’s Day
- By Caiden Lang
- . Jun 19, 2022
My father would have loved the place. It had the kind of wooden floor that he liked. He would have fancied himself a cowboy from
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Wash, rinse, repeat: the curious case of the Milnerton High ‘racist’
- By Caiden Lang
- . May 28, 2022
If I said to my editor ‘stop me if you’ve heard this one before’, this article would never have been written. On 8 February this
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My favourite tattoo
- By Caiden Lang
- . Apr 30, 2022
Some years ago I found myself on a tattooist’s reclining chair with tiny needles jabbing at the skin on my ribcage. I was studying philosophy
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The hypocrisy of social justice
- By Caiden Lang
- . Apr 9, 2022
O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! – Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scene I Most politically aware South Africans will be
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School capture: a peek behind the curtain
- By Caiden Lang
- . Mar 26, 2022
“Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.” Mao Tse Tung in “Analysis of
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Black lives matter, or do they?
- By Caiden Lang
- . Mar 5, 2022
Lennie held out his hands pleadingly. “Give ‘um to me, George. I’ll take ‘um back. I didn’t mean no harm, George. Honest I didn’t. I
Anti-racism in schools: a new religion
- By Caiden Lang
- . Feb 19, 2022
When I was a teacher, one of my students mentioned that his geography teacher had told his class that the textbook was wrong about the