Like it or not, the modern marvel that was South Africa-with its space program and skyscrapers-was not the handiwork of the black nationalist movement now dismantling it; but the creation of those persecuted, pale, patriarchal Protestants. (Ilana Mercer)

Like it or not, the modern marvel that was South Africa-with its space program and skyscrapers-was not the handiwork of the black nationalist movement now dismantling it; but the creation of those persecuted, pale, patriarchal Protestants.

Ilana Mercer

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