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Glen Snyman is an outspoken critic of racial classification and is the founder of an organization called People Against Race Classification.
Glen Snyman is the founder of an organization called People Against Race Classification. He is pictured with Helen Zille. Image: People Against Racial Classification / Facebook
JOHANNESBURG – A Western Cape teacher has reportedly been cited to a disciplinary hearing for claiming to be African on his resume, rather than sticking to his alleged official color identity.
Times Live it reported on Wednesday that Glen Snyman, a teacher at Grootkraal Primary School in Oudtshoorn, allegedly identified himself as African when he applied for a principal job at another school three years ago.
He didn’t get the job, but the Western Cape Education Department late last month called him for a disciplinary hearing.
Racial classifications on job applications are generally used to meet broad criteria for economic empowerment.
Snyman is an outspoken critic of racial classification and is the founder of an organization called People Against Race Classification. He is particularly outspoken against the use of the term colored, which he considers degrading.
Since 2010, Snyman has led a campaign against the government’s continued use of racial categories (black, colored, Indian, and white) in official documentation, including job application forms.
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