The American dream of equal rights an opportunity for all races is not yet a reality. Historically local attempts at segregation have been met with resistance, they also recently have been too. Study show that black students don't have the same opportunities as white students also black people have been targeted by the police but the Black Lives Matter movement has been taking steps to fix this. The South African apartheid lasted for over 50 years, this gave black people no political rights, a terrible education, and this also gave the white race all of the power. The American dream of the quality is not yet a reality due to racist and unequal opportunities that we have come a long way from the past.
Last April and incident happened in the …show more content…
McKay means that if they fail don't let the white race take control and put them in some terrible place, he wants you to keep on fighting until you die. Furthermore McKay states “though far outnumbered let us show us brave” (McKay). The African Americans are very outnumbered In the United States, they have to show that they will not back down and will keep trying. Lastly, the last line of “If We Must Die” McKay describes exactly how the back minority is “Pressed against the wall, dying, but still fighting back!” This displays how ultimately the black community as a whole will get over racism, they have to keep fighting for what is right.
Not only in America is racism occurring, but it is happening all over the world. Places like South Africa have been hit hard by this. South Africa has just overcome an apartheid that started in 1948 this apartheid completely separated the two races, “Blacks had to use different beaches and public restrooms. Signs distinguished facilities reserved for whites” (Pearson, Cohen).There were laws that completely suppressed all attempts at equality. Black people lived in little colonies in places with a lot of pollution and had to fend for themselves, while the white people lived in the city with nice …show more content…
In the film Nelson Mandela: Champion of Freedom the narrator says, “The moment had finally arrived february 11, 1990 after nearly thirty years, Nelson Mandela now seventy one years old was at last a free man” (Nelson Mandela: Champion of Freedom) the release of Nelson Mandela gave the people the hope they needed, at his first speech since released there was a crowd of more than five hundred thousand black and white supporters. Even though this uprising was a success due to massacre it caused the end of the South African
Last April and incident happened in the …show more content…
McKay means that if they fail don't let the white race take control and put them in some terrible place, he wants you to keep on fighting until you die. Furthermore McKay states “though far outnumbered let us show us brave” (McKay). The African Americans are very outnumbered In the United States, they have to show that they will not back down and will keep trying. Lastly, the last line of “If We Must Die” McKay describes exactly how the back minority is “Pressed against the wall, dying, but still fighting back!” This displays how ultimately the black community as a whole will get over racism, they have to keep fighting for what is right.
Not only in America is racism occurring, but it is happening all over the world. Places like South Africa have been hit hard by this. South Africa has just overcome an apartheid that started in 1948 this apartheid completely separated the two races, “Blacks had to use different beaches and public restrooms. Signs distinguished facilities reserved for whites” (Pearson, Cohen).There were laws that completely suppressed all attempts at equality. Black people lived in little colonies in places with a lot of pollution and had to fend for themselves, while the white people lived in the city with nice …show more content…
In the film Nelson Mandela: Champion of Freedom the narrator says, “The moment had finally arrived february 11, 1990 after nearly thirty years, Nelson Mandela now seventy one years old was at last a free man” (Nelson Mandela: Champion of Freedom) the release of Nelson Mandela gave the people the hope they needed, at his first speech since released there was a crowd of more than five hundred thousand black and white supporters. Even though this uprising was a success due to massacre it caused the end of the South African