‘’I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master, I want the full menu of rights.’’ This is one of Desmond tutu’s amazing quotes that mean peace is the answer to a lot of the worlds problems. It is the end to racism, war, and many other problems in the future modern world.
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa. He grew up always being bullied in school because of his skin color.when he was in middle school he relized he wanted to help stop racism and influnce peace. In 1954 he joined the top rated college at the time in south africa, which was king college london built in 1831 and housing the school of Arts and Humanities. He Stayed there for 4 years and in 1961 Tutu returned to his high school …show more content…
Shortly after Tutu became a teacher, In 1953 the government passed the Bantu Education Act, a law that lowered the standards of education for black South Africans to ensure that they only learned what was necessary for a life of servitude. The government spent one-tenth as much money on the education of a black student as on the education of a white one, and Tutu's classes were highly overcrowded. No longer willing to participate in an educational system explicitly designed to promote inequality, he quit teaching in 1957.
Desmond tutu is also a human rights activist and cares alot about the enviornment.“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” This is just one of Desmonds many great quotes,What this means in simpler form is that everyone should help out there community, because we are greater and can accomlpish more as a whole. Desmond tutu has gone to many countries each day for decades just to speak to the people around the world to help create
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa. He grew up always being bullied in school because of his skin color.when he was in middle school he relized he wanted to help stop racism and influnce peace. In 1954 he joined the top rated college at the time in south africa, which was king college london built in 1831 and housing the school of Arts and Humanities. He Stayed there for 4 years and in 1961 Tutu returned to his high school …show more content…
Shortly after Tutu became a teacher, In 1953 the government passed the Bantu Education Act, a law that lowered the standards of education for black South Africans to ensure that they only learned what was necessary for a life of servitude. The government spent one-tenth as much money on the education of a black student as on the education of a white one, and Tutu's classes were highly overcrowded. No longer willing to participate in an educational system explicitly designed to promote inequality, he quit teaching in 1957.
Desmond tutu is also a human rights activist and cares alot about the enviornment.“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” This is just one of Desmonds many great quotes,What this means in simpler form is that everyone should help out there community, because we are greater and can accomlpish more as a whole. Desmond tutu has gone to many countries each day for decades just to speak to the people around the world to help create