He appears to be using apartheid era politics as an analogy contrasting insider and outsider politics rather than as a dig at his Conservative colleagues. (nextleft.org)
I know the word «Kefir» is actually an age old fermented product, and I don't mean to incite a controversy or debate over your name «Kefir»», but you must be aware that in South Africa it is probably the most offensive racial slur word directed against blacks (especially during the ignoble Apartheid era). (kefir.net)
Hazel wanted Against Borders to be all about the books, not her own life; I believed that the story of Hazel living as a privileged white person in the despicable apartheid era and rebelling against that privilege, as well as the journey she took, physically and intellectually, to put the legacy of apartheid behind her, could serve as a real - life bridge to all the fictional immigrant journeys she would celebrate in the body of the book. (booklistonline.com)