His efforts to get free of racism are one of the human rights stories more moving and positive of the twentieth century (Southern Education Foundation)[5]. In the early twentieth century, white authority was accepted as standard by most whites in Brazil, South Africa and the United States. One hundred years later, things have changed. The African descent people, helped by some allies, have made significant progress in holding equal rights, and are demanding equal treatment than that given to white. Apartheid ended in South Africa. Nelson Mandela is free, and South Africa has an inclusive, non-racial and democratic government. In the United States, the civil rights movement, and laws and public policies helped to create a black middle class. Brazil, a country wrongly called “racial democracy,” has begun to recognize the presence of racial discrimination against African-Brazilians and inequality by color. Today, in these nations and in the rest of the world, there is a growing agreement that all human beings have basic human rights, and there is no human group “superior” or
His efforts to get free of racism are one of the human rights stories more moving and positive of the twentieth century (Southern Education Foundation)[5]. In the early twentieth century, white authority was accepted as standard by most whites in Brazil, South Africa and the United States. One hundred years later, things have changed. The African descent people, helped by some allies, have made significant progress in holding equal rights, and are demanding equal treatment than that given to white. Apartheid ended in South Africa. Nelson Mandela is free, and South Africa has an inclusive, non-racial and democratic government. In the United States, the civil rights movement, and laws and public policies helped to create a black middle class. Brazil, a country wrongly called “racial democracy,” has begun to recognize the presence of racial discrimination against African-Brazilians and inequality by color. Today, in these nations and in the rest of the world, there is a growing agreement that all human beings have basic human rights, and there is no human group “superior” or