History of South Africa

Essays, Not Rants! 198: Diversity: It’s That Easy! Claire Temple, played by Rosario Dawson, shows up in the last episode of Jessica Jones, providing a quiet link between that show and Daredevil. She tends to a wounded Luke Cage, because it takes a special kind of doctor to treat an (incredibly hot) man with unbreakable skin. Malcolm, Jessica’s neighbor, shows up too and the three share a scene. And suddenly there are more (important) people of color interacting on screen than in any other…

In The Help by Kathryn Stockett, racism is evidence throughout the book. Set in the early 1960s, the United State is in a turmoil over civil rights for African-American. In a time of racial discrimination, blacks maids are the foundation of white family. Black maids do all housework, cooking and as well as child care which leads white women to be ignorant of their roles as a mother and wife. Even though black maids are usually loyal and obedient to their employer, there’s no respect from the…

The forty-fourth president of the United States, Barack Obama, once stated, “Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality” (BrainyQuote 1). Obama states the common American ideals regarding freedom as well as equality. Over a century ago, Mark Twain taught similar morals in his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Regardless of its promotion of childish behaviors, Huck Finn exhibits morals through accepting all…

I am writing an essay to compare and contrast Tom Robinson’s case, and Emmet Till’s case. They had a lot of things similar with their cases, but also a lot of differences. The Tom Robinson case, and the Emmett Till case have a lot in common but they are also different. Something that makes them different is that Tom Robinson was accused of doing something to a white woman that he did not do. During this time period whites and blacks were not allowed to be together. Mayella Ewell accused Tom…

Desmond Tutu, a South African Anglican cleric who went on to become one of the world’s most foremost spiritual leaders, was born on October 7th, 1931, of mixed Xhosa and Motswana heritage in Klerksdorp, South Africa. While Tutu was growing up, South Africa was thoroughly segregated. Black Africans were denied the right to vote and had to live in specific areas, whereas white Africans could do as they pleased. Despite this, Desmond Tutu managed to have a happy childhood, as he loved to read and…

Robber Zhi was a notorious robber at that period who had 9,000 subordinates, invade people’ houses to steal their horses, cows and women. He killed people who were not guilty everyday. He just forgot about his family, and never cared his parents and siblings. So, he had never done worshiping to ancestors. Big countries where he passed through tried to protect their castles from his troops, and small countries tried to found new castles to protect their land from his troops. Thus, lots of…

. Like the words from a good book or the taste of an ambrosial meal, the ideology used to justify imperialism still lingers. It’s haunting, because imperialism was not a good book nor a tasty meal, but the process of eradicating cultural identity and forcing African and Middle Eastern countries to conform to Western standards. The West, the US in particular, argued that it’s a white man’s duty to save the less civilized man from himself (Roosevelt). Close-minded thinking like that comes from…

After watching "My Cousin Vinny", viewers understand that Billy Gambini and Stan Rothenstein accidentally shoplifted a can of tuna while stopping at a convenience store. After they leave the store, the clerk is shot and killed, and Billy and Stan are arrested in connection with the murder. Due to circumstantial evidence and a confession to shoplifting misconstrued as one to the shooting, Billy is charged with murder, and Stan is charged as an accessory. The pair call Billy's mother, who tells…

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton is a heartfelt novel that explores the destruction but also the coming together of a homeland. Stephen Kumalo is a priest from a small village tucked away in the hills of Africa. When Kumalo is forced to leave his small, safe village of Ndotsheni to the great city of Johannesburg, because his sister is in trouble, he is faced with the sad destruction of his homeland. Soon after arriving in Johannesburg he learns about Apartheid and how it is tearing his…

The government forcibly removed black South Africans from rural areas designated as “white” to the homeland, and sold their land at low prices to white farmers. More than 3.5 million people were forcibly removed from their homes and deposited in the Bantustans, where they were plunged into poverty and hopelessness. Other human rights abuses can be seen throughout the 1930’ s for Jews and even decades before that for South African blacks. The human rights violated were in regards to…