Abstract:
This article explores a theological response to racism from a Korean perspective as a way to
celebrate the legacy of Vuyani Shadrack Vellem who introduced the first Korean author (S.K.)
to Black Theology of Liberation (BTL) in South Africa. The article argues that the privilege of
white people, inequality, and racism, have continued in post-1994 South Africa, and that this
is happening because the political liberation of black people has not been fully realised. To
illustrate this point, the article drew comparisons between BTL of South Africa and Minjung
Theology (MT) in South Korea through a case study of examples of racism cases to highlight
the reality of the lives of black people and their encounters with racism that has continued in
the post-apartheid South African context.
CONTRIBUTION: This article is a theological response to the continuing racism challenges in
South Africa despite the collapse of apartheid in post- 1994 South Africa and it is an
interdisciplinary approach to BLT and MT, which emerged from the Korean context.
