If we look back in South African we come across Apartheid. Apartheid translated means “apartness.” Apartheid took place between 1948-1994 whereby the races of South Africa where segregated under a racial institution implemented by the National Party, who governed South Africa at the time ("Apartheid (1948-1994) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed", 2016). After 1994 South Africa thereafter took a series of steps to try and desegregate the nation. We can say that we have reached a point in our society whereby we have inter-racial co-existence however to say that South Africa has reached a point of desegregation would be ignorant as when it come to the contact teory and true desegration the raceshave not participated in social interaction
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Contact theory refers to research done by multiple psychologists that is focused on understanding and contesting bias between conflicting groups. So in this context the conflicting groups would be the racial groups of South Africa. In order to analise the contact theory we have to establish the in-group and out-groups within the South African context; within South Africa the in-group would be blacks and the out-group would be the whites. (when referring to “blacks” in this essay it is being referred to the people of black, coloured, indian and asian decent). The in and out groups have been chosen this way as white is seen as the superior race due to their privilege within society and their unconscious social advantages due to the stigma of black people(Turner, Brown, & Tajfel, 1979). This theory is derived from a theory developed in the 1950’s called the “contact hypothesis by a man by the name of Gordon Allport ("All you need is contact", 2016). This theory as a main focus on the acceptance and tolerance between the two conflicting groups. However for this “contact” to take place there are certain conditions and environmental requirements that need to be in place for the “conatct” to successfully take place, and this contact theory will be the manner in which co-existence is described and comprehended to note whether South Africa is desegregated or merely living in
Contact theory refers to research done by multiple psychologists that is focused on understanding and contesting bias between conflicting groups. So in this context the conflicting groups would be the racial groups of South Africa. In order to analise the contact theory we have to establish the in-group and out-groups within the South African context; within South Africa the in-group would be blacks and the out-group would be the whites. (when referring to “blacks” in this essay it is being referred to the people of black, coloured, indian and asian decent). The in and out groups have been chosen this way as white is seen as the superior race due to their privilege within society and their unconscious social advantages due to the stigma of black people(Turner, Brown, & Tajfel, 1979). This theory is derived from a theory developed in the 1950’s called the “contact hypothesis by a man by the name of Gordon Allport ("All you need is contact", 2016). This theory as a main focus on the acceptance and tolerance between the two conflicting groups. However for this “contact” to take place there are certain conditions and environmental requirements that need to be in place for the “conatct” to successfully take place, and this contact theory will be the manner in which co-existence is described and comprehended to note whether South Africa is desegregated or merely living in