From the Guardian: "It's a fact," pronounced the read-me headline, "Darkies just don't read."
Provocative? An understatement. Sihle Khumalo's column in the Sunday Times of South Africa last year said bluntly: "Go to any black household and you will find lots of music tapes, LPs, CDs and DVDs and a handful, if any, of general books. That, by the way, includes blacks in the suburbs. The lack of reading is a black thing, irrespective of where you live. It is way more fashionable to have loads of music than to be truly knowledgeable."
