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Elon Musk Left a South Africa That Was Rife With Misinformation and White Privilege



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Mr. Musk’s father, Errol Musk, said in an interview with The New York Times that Elon, his brother and sister were aware from a young age that there was something wrong with the apartheid system. Errol, who was elected to the Pretoria City Council in 1972, said they would ask him about the laws prohibiting Black people from patronizing restaurants, movie theaters and beaches. They had to make calculations when they were going out with nonwhite friends about what they could safely do, he said.From Opinion: Elon Musk’s TwitterCommentary by Times Opinion writers and columnists on the billionaire’s $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.“As far as being sheltered from it, that’s nonsense. They were confronted by it every day,” recalled Errol, who said he belonged to the anti-apartheid Progressiv …

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