Phyllis Naidoo: yearning for justice

Abstract

Phyllis Naidoo was ten when she became conscious of racism. She had accompanied her father to the Institute of Race Relations, where she was asked to call the 'boy' serve tea. When she asked a very dignified, traditional Zulu woman the whereabouts of the 'boy', she was told: 'The boy you want is my husband. 'This shocked and embarrassed her, and quite possibly sowed a seed that would flourish only decades later.