Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

The word or term "Apartheid ", usually refers to movements regarding racial conflict. The era of Apartheid took place around the late 1930's by the South African Bureaus for Racial Affairs. The law was designed as a separation method. It band mix marriages. It caused a resettlement policy,where in certain area , only certain people live in that area. For example, when Indian was given its independence, they were divided into two countries, India and Palestine, the Muslims that were in a certain area that was Hindu territory, had to migrate.
On Feb.11, 1990, a man by the name of Nelson Mandela, came out of jail with a dream, a plan to better South and take away all its misery and pain. His plan was to bring the white supremacists government down. His dream when he got out of prison was to liberate the oppressed and the
opresser, for he knows how it feels, for he spent 27 years in prison, having his freedom taken away from him............, longing for a friend, longing to be with family. He knew how it felt to be left without nothing.............. It was said that while he was in jail, he became symbolic , his body and blood was symbolic for the anti-apartheid.
After being released from jail, he put up a fight against the apartheid government because his vision of all South Africans living in harmony. The period in which the apartheid was passed, many violent acts took place, many died in the worst ways; it took away the true meaning of humanity.
A while later international pressure started to overcome South Africa's policies, so the President at the time had no choice but to open the door for protests against apartheid. Then after this it opened the door to a new constitution being signed in 1990 to abolish the Separate Amenities Act. Within that same year Nelson Mandela became the new leader of South Africa.

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