Desmond Tutu: Annotator Of Apartheid In South Africa

Desmond Tutu became one of South Africa’s most out spoken annotator of apartheid. His religious belief was based upon the biblical teachings of Christ. Tutu believed in the biblical teaching of Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew, nor Greek, slave nor free, male more female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gish 128). That particular biblical teaching taught of equality for all whites, blacks and colored people. Apartheid itself started off of as religion and that was the main reason why it was able to stand for so long was because of the Whites wrong interpretation of the Bible, that stated that : White people are superior to the Blacks but clearly it was not so in the eye’s of God. Being a Christian to him meant objecting to racial
As a priest Tutu felt that it was his responsibility to do what it was that God wanted him to do and racial segregation was not part of God’s plan for South Africa. Tutu would often describe the Apartheid as "evil and unchristian”. He was influenced in his views by white clergymen, who were also opponent of apartheid. (http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-famous/desmond.htm). Tutu frequently told the government of South Africa that apartheid was not part of God’s plan and that it was doomed for failure
The Nobel committee cited this “role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem in South Africa”. He was chosen by President Nelson Mandel to chair South Africa’s Truth and reconciliation commission, which was set up to investigate crimes that were committed during the apartheid regime. This committee acted as a healing body for all who was affected by the apartheid reign “people has been bottled up for so long that when the chance came for them to tell their stories, the floodgates opened” (http://www.tutu.org/peace-centre/), (http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/