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Acclaimed author E.R. Braithwaite (To Sir, With Love) chronicles the brutality, oppression, and courage he witnessed as a black man granted & ldquo;Honorary White & rdquo; status during a six-week visit to apartheid South Africa As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E.R. Braithwaite was painfully aware of the multitude of injustices suffered by people of color and he wrote powerfully and poignantly about racial discrimination in his acclaimed novels and nonfiction works. So it came as a complete surprise when, in 1973, the longstanding ban on his books was lifted by the South African government, a ruling body of minority whites that brutally oppressed the black majority through apartheid laws. Applying for a visa & mdash;and secretly hoping to be refused & mdash;he was granted the official status of & ldquo;Honorary White & rdquo; for the length of his stay. As such, Braithwaite would be afforded some of the freedoms that South Africa & rsquo;s black population was denied, yet would nonetheless be considered inferior by the white establishment. With Honorary White, Braithwaite bears witness to a dark and troubling time, relating with grave honesty and power the s

Who reads Honorary White: A Visit to South Africa?

Author

Braithwaite, Edward Ricardo

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9781306255363

Category

travel

Subjects

Memoir, History, Sociology

Rating

4.7 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14