Hard evidence should play a far greater role in South African debate ...... Yes/No? 

This week the SA Institute of Race Relations produced some mind-boggling research on the state of Race Relations in South Africa (Reasons for Hope), the findings of which were completely contrary to much of the general talk out there.

Example: 78.5% of respondents say they "experienced no racism in their life" is just one of the stats reported (I’ll come back to the full report later).

Gareth van Onselen in Business Day (7th March) comments, "such surveys constitute hard evidence in a debate that operates, for the most part, without any…. and they force you to think about how and why people say what they do."

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