Apartheid The Europeans thought that because they have a different lifestyle or look different from the Dutch and English, they were better. This lead to Apartheid, which was a longer period of time filled with discrimination in South Africa (1948-1994). I chose this project for two reasons, one, my friend Holly who also chose this era asked me to write on this topic. Two, I was drawn deeper into the idea of two sides, one side, foreign invaders, and on the other, the inhabitants of the invaded land. I wanted to hear both sides of the story. For example, I know there was luxury for the Europeans, but wanted to know what it what was it like for the Afrikaans, the natives of Africa. I wanted to read into the reasons why the natives
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In the book, Mistaking Africa, Curtis Keim writes that the reason Europeans thought so highly of themselves was because of the revolutions. The Enlightenment, scientific and industrial revolutions effected Europe’s ideas and gave them a head start on their path to thinking they are better than everyone else in the world. As the foreigners rose up and became great, they watched as the rest of the world slowly followed. Keim confirms in Mistaking Africa, “The revolutions also helped to undermine views of the world that promoted the essential equality of humanity” ( Keim 41). According to Michael Adas, the Abraham E. Voorhees Professor of History at Rutgers University, as the world wide revolutions started there were an increasing number of interpreters that were traders, technicians and bureaucrats. These people decided how Europe looked at the world. The interpreters had a pragmatic way of thinking, and over time they aggressively molded the European way of seeing the world, which in time led Europe down a path towards …show more content…
Jewish or Indian lawyers, those were the ones. Would a black lawyer have the same secret sources?” (Gordimer 146). In Gordimer’s biography it states, that she explored the difficult issues of society while transitioning from having a tragic past and unsure future (Academy of Achievement). The book was most likely written about things that had occurred in post-Apartheid. There was still prejudice and pride of the “whites” in South Africa. As mentioned earlier Gordimer wrote about her experiences and things she observed. Gordimer wrote this book with the probable expectation to get a different reaction than the reader first started. Some reactions the writer might want from the reader could be the realization of how bad or horrible things were post-Apartheid. Other reaction could be to break your heart as the parents had their heart broken. Or to feel shameful to even think a human could have the audacity to hate something they do not understand.
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In the book, Mistaking Africa, Curtis Keim writes that the reason Europeans thought so highly of themselves was because of the revolutions. The Enlightenment, scientific and industrial revolutions effected Europe’s ideas and gave them a head start on their path to thinking they are better than everyone else in the world. As the foreigners rose up and became great, they watched as the rest of the world slowly followed. Keim confirms in Mistaking Africa, “The revolutions also helped to undermine views of the world that promoted the essential equality of humanity” ( Keim 41). According to Michael Adas, the Abraham E. Voorhees Professor of History at Rutgers University, as the world wide revolutions started there were an increasing number of interpreters that were traders, technicians and bureaucrats. These people decided how Europe looked at the world. The interpreters had a pragmatic way of thinking, and over time they aggressively molded the European way of seeing the world, which in time led Europe down a path towards …show more content…
Jewish or Indian lawyers, those were the ones. Would a black lawyer have the same secret sources?” (Gordimer 146). In Gordimer’s biography it states, that she explored the difficult issues of society while transitioning from having a tragic past and unsure future (Academy of Achievement). The book was most likely written about things that had occurred in post-Apartheid. There was still prejudice and pride of the “whites” in South Africa. As mentioned earlier Gordimer wrote about her experiences and things she observed. Gordimer wrote this book with the probable expectation to get a different reaction than the reader first started. Some reactions the writer might want from the reader could be the realization of how bad or horrible things were post-Apartheid. Other reaction could be to break your heart as the parents had their heart broken. Or to feel shameful to even think a human could have the audacity to hate something they do not understand.
Historical