▁being ▁rac ists , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁town ▁attract s ▁plenty ▁of ▁negative ▁press ". ▁ ▁Benjamin ▁P og rund ▁described ▁O ran ia ▁as ▁a ▁" cur ious ▁hang over ▁from ▁the ▁van ished ▁terrible ▁past ". ▁E ve ▁Fair b anks , ▁former ▁staff ▁writer ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁Republic , ▁sees ▁O ran ia ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁Af rik an er ▁culture ▁can ▁be ▁re de emed ▁from ▁its ▁traditional ▁explo itation ▁of ▁black ▁labour . ▁ ▁One ▁comment ator ▁noted ▁the ▁diver ging ▁per ception s ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁between ▁white ▁liber als ▁and ▁black s : ▁the ▁former ▁see ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁" path etic ▁out post ▁of ▁em bit tered ▁rac ists ", ▁ref using ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁equality ▁with ▁black ▁South ▁Afr icans ; ▁the ▁latter ▁see ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁ 1 9 5 0 s - style ▁fant asy ▁shield ing ▁loc als ▁from ▁decl ining ▁white ▁privile ge . ▁O ran ia ▁was ▁de emed ▁to ▁lack ▁privile ge , ▁however , ▁as ▁residents ▁have ▁no ▁domestic ▁workers ▁and ▁few ▁material ▁lux uries ; ▁white ▁sub ur bs ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁South ▁Africa , ▁with ▁their ▁high ▁levels ▁of ▁seg reg ation ▁and ▁heavy ▁use ▁of ▁domestic ▁labour , ▁were ▁felt ▁to ▁more ▁closely ▁res emble ▁the ▁apart heid ▁era ▁than ▁O ran ia ▁did . ▁Al ong ▁similar ▁lines , ▁O ran ia ▁was ▁also ▁seen ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁places ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ... ▁where ▁class ▁is