Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

by Mark Mathabane

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Do you believe that African Americans today as a race have stepped away from the term and idea of being a "Kaffir"?

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Kaffir was and is a racist, offensive term for Black Africans, I don't think it was ever used for African Americans.

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