Apartheid Essay: If I Was Nelson Mandela?
If I was Nelson Mandela, I would use various ways to change South Africa, in order to make sure that apartheid would be stopped. First, we have to take a look at apartheid. What is apartheid? Apartheid is a policy or system of discrimination between the white and black in South Africa.
Back then, the government were white, they created policies of apartheid, for example, the black was not allowed to share public areas like buses or restrooms with the white, they are also not allowed to step into areas that were owned by the whites and the major one was that the black wasn't allowed to vote. All the black people have to be separated.
There are a few past acts which were created along with apartheid. One of the acts were "The Abolition of …show more content…
All these apartheid leads to discrimination and no equal rights to the blacks which were extremely unfair to the blacks back then. Even worse, the blacks were treated badly by the whites although their population was a lot less than the blacks. So, someone or a leader has to fight back to gain freedom and equal rights.
Now, if I was Nelson Mandela I would do some actions to gain equal rights for the community as well as the black people. I will gather all the blacks and protest against the white government. I also would form different groups to protest in a non-violence manner. Protesting against the white government is the basic action that I would like to form with the community in order to strengthen the bond and relation between me and the people. I would also suggest that forming anti-apartheid movement, activities or campaigns would be also a good …show more content…
I hope that the governments around the world will start to pressure the South African government to end apartheid as an example, economic sanctions. If some of the countries stopped doing business with South Africa by imposing economic sanctions against them, the economic status will drop in South Africa and this will lead an international pressure to the white government as because the white government wants money. As the pressure and protests increased, I hope that the government will begin to relax some of the apartheid
Back then, the government were white, they created policies of apartheid, for example, the black was not allowed to share public areas like buses or restrooms with the white, they are also not allowed to step into areas that were owned by the whites and the major one was that the black wasn't allowed to vote. All the black people have to be separated.
There are a few past acts which were created along with apartheid. One of the acts were "The Abolition of …show more content…
All these apartheid leads to discrimination and no equal rights to the blacks which were extremely unfair to the blacks back then. Even worse, the blacks were treated badly by the whites although their population was a lot less than the blacks. So, someone or a leader has to fight back to gain freedom and equal rights.
Now, if I was Nelson Mandela I would do some actions to gain equal rights for the community as well as the black people. I will gather all the blacks and protest against the white government. I also would form different groups to protest in a non-violence manner. Protesting against the white government is the basic action that I would like to form with the community in order to strengthen the bond and relation between me and the people. I would also suggest that forming anti-apartheid movement, activities or campaigns would be also a good …show more content…
I hope that the governments around the world will start to pressure the South African government to end apartheid as an example, economic sanctions. If some of the countries stopped doing business with South Africa by imposing economic sanctions against them, the economic status will drop in South Africa and this will lead an international pressure to the white government as because the white government wants money. As the pressure and protests increased, I hope that the government will begin to relax some of the apartheid