Effects Of Dehumanization In South Africa

The dehumanization’s process of South Africans by the hands of the Afrikaners through a series of laws, education, and reinforcement created the systematic segregation of Apartheid. This system created by Afrikaners gave them full rights to manipulate and destroy an entire civilization for their gain. This process did not began overnight in fact, it started when the first Dutch discovered the Cape. Since the Europeans first interaction with the Africans they began plotting on how to successful gain access to the natives resources. Eventually with aid from Britain the settlers were able to conquer and enslave the natives while taking over their lands. In the process they began to destroy the natives’ traditional foundation through Christianity …show more content…
The Shanty Towns were sometimes miles away from the the natives workplace, this made them rely on the bus as sole transportation. The government was aware of the necessity of the bus transportation system to the Africans, and would still increase the fare. This was problematic on various levels as the natives only made a small fixed amount a week. Any rise in prices will take more out of their check used to help support themselves and/or families. The only way to effectively lower the prices is through protesting. The natives held successful boycotts to combat the unjust fare hikes. It would seem the native’s only way to get the attention of the government or to get any laws changed, mother would have to take extreme measures to take a stand. As there were no black people in the government, there was no one to fight on their behalf and create laws to sustain growth. This enabled the whites to keep wages low and prices on commodities and transportation high to take back the money spent on wages. The money paid to government agencies such as bus transportation services never gets put back into the black communities but instead helps develop the white …show more content…
Their environments where plagued with crime, poor schooling and little employment options. A combination of all three aspects prohibits growth of any one person affected. The Africans believed the reason for extensive crime rates within their communities is partly due to the fact people neither have purpose nor goals so they turn to alcohol and crime. The Shanty Town had a small police presence as the notion was to keep the blacks away from the whites. As long as the black crime was contained in the facility of the black community then the whites did not care. As one of their greatest fears was black crime entering into their communities. However, in a system as prejudice as the one in South Africa, it was hard to contain the violence in one area for too long. Because people were consistently looking for new opportunities to make a living and robbing or killing a white person provides temporary economic gain. The response to such situations by whites were quite extensive, as increased police presence in the Shanty Towns was there to not only capture the culprits but also punishing the natives as a whole by burning and destroying their