The Apartheid

There were a lot of proofs of racism and torture in the course of History. It seems that humanity looks for a daily doze of cruelty. Is there a reason for it? Maybe it is our human nature or maybe we created this because we want to feel as if we are better than others. But there is no doubt people have been cruel to each other since the beginning of times.

Steve Biko was man who risked his life for all the things he believed in and fought for all black people’s freedom in South Africa. Furthermore, it is a story about what cruelty can make out of people and how sometimes human beings are treated. In the same way, there may be other stories about some heroes. Some of these have happy endings and some of them have not.

South Africa was a country that, for decades, was run by a minority of white people. In fact, apartheid was the political system which was laid on by them and it was a period when violence, poverty, lack of human rights, and dignity ran the country. In this desolate outlook, a lot of people might have died in the attempt of struggling for the equality between black and white people and for their liberty.

Every type of political system has different effects on people due to the fact that it influences our mentality. Entire black families had to move to rural zones in poor houses and some black women who worked for white families couldn’t see their own children. Moreover, black and white weren’t allowed to socialize and mixed marriages were forbidden. However, children were the most affected ones because they were exposed to a lot of violence in townships and they had to study in overcrowded schools.

Taking everything into account, almost every nation passed through a dark period during its history like, for instance, the Inquisition, Second World War, repressive dictatorships, current wars or even the Apartheid policy in South Africa. These were mordant periods when political, economical, religious and racial discrimination were more important then the fact that we all are human beings. That’s why we should understand what the circumstances were and learn from all these stories to follow our dreams no matter what the price is.