May 1963 - My Skin Is Too White - The terrible curse
May 1963 - My Skin Is Too White - The terrible curse on Ivan Godfrey. Ivan has a lunch-time chat with his mates at work. Here he finds opn-hearted friendliness instead of the normal cold-shouldered doubt of the outside world. Blue-eyed Ivan Vincent Godfrey faces an ordeal every day of his life - because his skin is too light. For 25-year old Ivan, of Fordsburg, Johannesburg, is Coloured and wants to be accepted as Coloured - But few people will believe he's not White. Wherever he goes, people regard Ivan as White -and this almost wrecked his life. For nine years, since he left school, Ivan has been battling to find - and keep jobs. But every time he gets work, a racial busybody brings up the colour of Ivan's skin.. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
