Nelson Mandela Questions

1. What was the Apartheid?
2. What is an Afrikaans?
3. Why was there racial strife in South Africa?
4. What was Nelson Mandela's personal history?  Where/when was he born?  What was his education?  
5. Why was Nelson Mandela put in prison?
6. What kind of prison was it? Where was it located?
7. What happened to his family while he was in prison?
8. How long was he in prison?
9. How did he become President of South Africa?
10. What were his goals as President of South Africa?  How did he accomplish these goal?

Answers ;

1.   Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced by the national party governments who where the ruling part from 1948 to 1994 of South Africa.

2.    It is a west Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa. It is a daughter language of Dutch it originated in the 17th century.  

3.   There was racial strife in South Africa because for so long it has been segregation out there blacks had very little rights just like in the U.S. in the 1950's and 60's. Also because the government failed to do anything about the problems. They did nothing for the thousands of complaints that the people made .

4.   Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th in 1918 into a royal family. He went to school in Fort Hare University. Nelson spent his first 18 of his 27 years in prison. Soon after he was released fro prison he became the president of South Africa. 

5.     He was put in jail for fighting for his rights and the rights of black men and women. He was trying to stop racism in South Africa. 

6.    It was a filthy prison it had no type of plumbing in his cell for him to  use. He was forced to do hard labor in the yard. He didn't even have a bed it was like a cot on the cells floor. He had less privileges then the other inmates and given less food then them as well.

7.    His family moved away and didn't talk to him at all. They felt as if they were being traded against and they thought that he was selfish for doing  what he did. He knew the concupiscence's for it and so did they that's why they didn't want him to be apart of it but he did not listen to them and went on with it any way.

8.    Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years for treason. 

9.    Nelson Mandela became the president because he led the ANC in its negotiations with the governments national party. He also won the noble peace prize. Then 22 million South Africans cast a ballot and that's how Nelson Mandela became the president of south Africa.

10.   His goals as the president was to end segregation and to become one nation and to end the racial violence between the country and its people.

Race and Racism

Race and Racism 

   Many people deal with racism everyday. They deal with self racism also. Most young black females deal with it the most. They think they need to have long straight hair like a white girl or they do not like the color of their skin because they feel as if they are to black. Racism does not deal with just females wanting to look like a white women(barbie doll). Racism is all around the world its something that will never go away it will here for ever.

  Women encounter racism the worst. They feel as if they need to portray them selves as they perfect women and in their eyes that perfect women is a white women who is tall,skinny,long beautiful hair,and beautiful skin color. Most white men and women think that all black women have nappy hair,big butts,big boobs,weave,and also have big lips. To these type of racist white people that is the average black women for them. For example if a white person were to come to Plainfield High School and see how the kids act here they would think that all the black boys walk around with their pants down to their knees.

   

thinking differently

  People generally act shocked or scared even upset.They act this way because they are scared to step out side the box and do for them selves.The people who act differently then others are the real people who are not scared to be them they do not want to be like everyone else,they want to stand out and be who they are and not who people want them to be.In the movie ''Glory Road''  the coach Don Haskins was one of those people who wanted to step outside the box and he did.He wanted to have the most black people  on his team and he did seven blacks was the most ever on a basketball team.He also was the first to have an all black starting five in a National Championship game.He went way outside of the box people hated him they called him a Nigger lover,trashed his room and players rooms and they also beat his players up when they got the chance to.In the film Don Haskins told one of his black recruits ''I don't see color,I see quick and skill.''He knew what he was getting his self into and he did not care one bit all he wanted to do was play basketball and win doing it.This reminds me of a movie called '' Remember the Titans '' In this film there was a whit coach for the football team for years and years but one day the school decided hire a black coach.When one parent found out about this he took his son off the football team because he didn't want him to be coached by a black football coach.

  It was so important for Don Haskins to think different because he knew that the talent he had before he recruited the black kids were not going to cut it.He knew that he need some type of athleticism to help the team strive for a National Championship.It was also important for him to think different because without him doing so he would have never made history and be one of the greats his basketball team would have never won the Championship without the black people he added to his team.In the film Don Haskins says '' Im starting five black players Two subs '' For the first time in college basketball history he will have an all black starting five in the National Championship and win the game. This reminds me of a movie when they had a first black football coach ever and they went all the way to States and won for the first time in the teams history.