The very witty title of the article is a reference to "Cry, the Beloved Country"[0], a famous South African novel from 1948 dealing with the racist social struc

The very witty title of the article is a reference to "Cry, the Beloved Country"[0], a famous South African novel from 1948 dealing with the racist social structures leading to Apartheid. (It deals with other things too). It's a great book and I would recommend it to anyone, even if you're not particularly interested in South Africa. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country [edit: typos]