Understanding the process of exclusion in South Africa: Xenophobia
Understanding the process of exclusion in South Africa: Xenophobia
In this essay I will discuss the process of exclusion in South Africa with regards to Xenophobia. I will be looking at three case studies that focus on Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. These are important cities to look at as they are the renounced and very influential and well known cities in South Africa. Cape Town currently the legislative capital of South Africa and historically a pit stop of the slave trade route is a very important city to look at because the history of foreign refugees and immigrants run deep. Johannesburg is currently the business hub of South Africa however historically known as the hub of violent freedom protest against apartheid. I will also be speaking about Pretoria because of its historically value as a place where refugees would come and live however there were times they were forced to move. South Africa is known its harsh discriminatory forms of exclusionary processes. Apartheid is worldwide known as one of the most intense exclusionary processes in the history. To spite what South Africans have been through today we as South Africans are faced with a very similar form of exclusion however this time we are the ones that are included and we are excluding other Africans on different grounds ranging from job security to fear for the spread of disease. In this essay I will be using the three case studies based on the cities that have been mentioned as platform to explain the process and reason behind the exclusion both on a social and a geographical level in some cases. This exclusion has been labelled Xenophobia. This essay has been divided into four sections to ensure that there is a detailed breakdown about this every complex social tragedy that has befall South Africa. The first section discusses what xenophobia is and how it is a mechanism of exclusion within society. The second section will focus on xenophobia in the different places based in the case
In this essay I will discuss the process of exclusion in South Africa with regards to Xenophobia. I will be looking at three case studies that focus on Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. These are important cities to look at as they are the renounced and very influential and well known cities in South Africa. Cape Town currently the legislative capital of South Africa and historically a pit stop of the slave trade route is a very important city to look at because the history of foreign refugees and immigrants run deep. Johannesburg is currently the business hub of South Africa however historically known as the hub of violent freedom protest against apartheid. I will also be speaking about Pretoria because of its historically value as a place where refugees would come and live however there were times they were forced to move. South Africa is known its harsh discriminatory forms of exclusionary processes. Apartheid is worldwide known as one of the most intense exclusionary processes in the history. To spite what South Africans have been through today we as South Africans are faced with a very similar form of exclusion however this time we are the ones that are included and we are excluding other Africans on different grounds ranging from job security to fear for the spread of disease. In this essay I will be using the three case studies based on the cities that have been mentioned as platform to explain the process and reason behind the exclusion both on a social and a geographical level in some cases. This exclusion has been labelled Xenophobia. This essay has been divided into four sections to ensure that there is a detailed breakdown about this every complex social tragedy that has befall South Africa. The first section discusses what xenophobia is and how it is a mechanism of exclusion within society. The second section will focus on xenophobia in the different places based in the case
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