Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

To me Apartheid was a time of racsim. It was when the colored people didn't have any rights at all. For example the colored couldn't vote because many public facilities and institutions were restricted to use only one race. And that race was for the white.
Nelson Mandela had fought for Unity and Liberation. Growing up in south africa was very hard for Mandela. During his time of growing up there was the Apartheid. This system made it very unfair to him because doing simple things like drinking from the wrong water fountain can get you thrown in jail. Like another example is you can have the same job as your neighbor but just because your colored and their white they will get paided much more than you. The money you get in a year is how much they will earn in a week.
Nelson Mandela is admired because he never gave up. He fought back until he got what he wanted.

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