Jerry Nelson

Introduction The United Nations, whose responsibility is to protect the basic human rights of all individuals, created the Millennium Development Goals to meet unprecedented basic needs of the poor in different areas of the world. The United Nations’ first mission: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Nonetheless, how is an entity such as the United Nations, or individual nation-states at that, supposed to break down systems that were meant to be permanent? A system can be described as an…

institutions to divest and start to boycott starting in the 1970s, which also contributed to the 1980’s sit ins and marches. Today Mandela has contributed to protest such as the Black Lives Matter protest, wages and many other unequal issues. In “ Nelson Mandela: His impact on American Activism, politics, and pop culture” it states “ In 1986, Rep. Ron Dellums, D-California, sponsored a bill that called for a full trade embargo against South Africa as well as divestment by American companies.…

South Africa’s history helped set the stage for major violence to occur. Readers of Coetzee’s Age of Iron were able to experience this first hand, and through lecture were able to gain an understanding of South Africa’s history. The history of South Africa is significant because, it shows a story in history that has been told many times, the story of a need for change, a revolution. This feeling and emotion of violence is not native to South African history, but World History. People feel…

Compare and contrast There are a lot of similarities and differences between the different styles of music. The two styles of music that I am going to compare and contrast are rap and country. They are both very popular and common in todays society. They started off as cultural and traditional music, but has evolved into a new genre. Rap and country come from different eras. They have evolved differently, but have many similarities. People say that they are too different to compare, but the…

hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite,” says Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s words are often overlooked in the sense that hate is taught and learned not natural. Prejudice is extremely evident in society, but it does not come naturally; nobody is born with judgement or racism, and those around them…

Non-violence is a peaceful way to evoke social and political change. Three cases where non-violence worked were in the countries of India, the United States, and South Africa where people felt they were being treated unjust. Gandhi, King, and Mandela all used non-violence, what made it work? Nonviolence is the practice of refraining from the use of violence when protesting against oppression. The use of non-violence by Gandhi, King, and Mandela worked because they were strong leaders who were…

hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ( Julia Glum 2015 )This is a famous quote of Nelson Mandela, a black south african leader who fought for his rights and black peoples right since they were treated like their worthless. Nelson Mandela challenged and resisted the apartheid regime, He was later sent to over 20 years in prison because of that. 4 years after he was released, he was elected as the…

president of South Africa with de Klerk as his deputy. Nelson never forgot where he came from or the people he met along the way that helped him get here today. The first thing Mandela did as president was end the apartheid system , helped the lower class south Africans to have a better life and make sure all human rights were fair which meant no discrimination or fair treatment to people in jail because they are people and should be treated like it. Nelson worked hard for the image of a…

In the case of the District Six Removals, the marginalization of non-whites caused cultural activism among them. An example of marginalization includes a quote which states, “In 1966, South Africa’s apartheid regime declared District Six a ‘whites only’ area under the notorious Group Areas Act,” (Cape Town’s District Six). Here, non-white africans were forced out of their homes because of their race. This is discrimination, a form of marginalization. An example of cultural activism includes a…

While many would argue that structural barriers would hinder our ability to act, the truth is that our agency to think and act can change our behavior no matter in what situation we are. Victor Frank survived a Nazi concentration camp with this idea. Nelson Mandela changed South African politics in a system that did not allow blacks to hold positions of power.To decide how we respond to what is external is what makes us human after all. Victor Frank said, “The world can be falling apart, but…