Prejudice and Discrimination Article
Prejudice and Discrimination Article
Ashshanti Bryant
SOC/120
April 28, 2010
Renee ' B. Walker, Ph.D.
Prejudice and Discrimination Article South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch traders in the seventeenth century. The English dominated the Dutch descendents which was called Boers or Afrikaners.
This allowed the Dutch to establish new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. To their amazement, diamonds were discovered on the lands in the 1900 's, and this is what contributed and caused the English invasion which led to the Boer War. "Following independence from
England, the tension between the two groups continued until the 1940 's. At this time the
Afrikaner National Party was able to obtain the majority"(Factbook, 2010) .
Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid, which is as a means of racial segregation that involves economic, political and legal discrimination against people who are not
White. The Afrikaner National Party used this to put a strong hold, and to gain full control over the economic and social systems. Nevertheless, the apartheid was trying to obtain as well as maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Furthermore, in the 1960 's a plan was proposed and executed called the "Grand Apartheid ' ', it implemented territorial separation and police repression. Race and ethnicity has a prominent position in our everyday lives. There is a clear differentiation between the two. According to studies, "Race is the framework of ranked categories dividing up the human population"(Cultural,2002). "Ethnicity is concept referring to a shared culture and way of life, especially as reflected in language, folkways, religious and other institutional forms, material culture such as clothing and food, and cultural products such as music, literature, and art"(Ethnicity,2000).
As of today, there is a large variety of people in South
Ashshanti Bryant
SOC/120
April 28, 2010
Renee ' B. Walker, Ph.D.
Prejudice and Discrimination Article South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch traders in the seventeenth century. The English dominated the Dutch descendents which was called Boers or Afrikaners.
This allowed the Dutch to establish new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. To their amazement, diamonds were discovered on the lands in the 1900 's, and this is what contributed and caused the English invasion which led to the Boer War. "Following independence from
England, the tension between the two groups continued until the 1940 's. At this time the
Afrikaner National Party was able to obtain the majority"(Factbook, 2010) .
Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid, which is as a means of racial segregation that involves economic, political and legal discrimination against people who are not
White. The Afrikaner National Party used this to put a strong hold, and to gain full control over the economic and social systems. Nevertheless, the apartheid was trying to obtain as well as maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Furthermore, in the 1960 's a plan was proposed and executed called the "Grand Apartheid ' ', it implemented territorial separation and police repression. Race and ethnicity has a prominent position in our everyday lives. There is a clear differentiation between the two. According to studies, "Race is the framework of ranked categories dividing up the human population"(Cultural,2002). "Ethnicity is concept referring to a shared culture and way of life, especially as reflected in language, folkways, religious and other institutional forms, material culture such as clothing and food, and cultural products such as music, literature, and art"(Ethnicity,2000).
As of today, there is a large variety of people in South
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