Apartheid

Maria D.

What is my research topic? What are some research keywords?

•  My research topic is: Apartheid
• Some keywords that I used to help my research are: Apartheid, Africa, and South Africa.

What does Apartheid mean? What is the definition of Apartheid?

• Apartheid means an official policy of racial separation formally practiced in South Africa.
• It is not being that harmful like before but it is still happening.
• Apartheid is like discrimination but it means separateness.
• Many places in the world have this problem.
• Many still don't understand it is wrong.

Why is Apartheid important in Africa?

• People are fighting to get equal rights and for that many conflicts are occurring.
• Many people are not allowed to choose where they live.
• This brings problems to the court, because they get a lot of complaints from people.
• They are going to have to try to do something about it.
• If they do not fix many problems may occur in the future.

Why is Apartheid a problem or issue in Africa?

• Apartheid is a problem, because it did not allow some people to have the same rights as other people.
• Many people are suffering because they were not allowed to have the same job opportunities.
• They were not allowed to do many things.
• Africans just have to stand all of this and hope someone does something about it.
• All they are doing is keep quiet and follow the rules.

How does Apartheid affect the people who live in Africa?

• It affects them in many ways.
• Some "black" people don't have a say where they live sometimes.
• They are not allowed to vote.
• Some "black" people don't care what other people think about them.
• Some do care how people don't think their good enough.

What does the rest of the world( not Africans) think about Apartheid? What is the global reaction to Apartheid?

• Some people think it is normal to judge people for their skin color or even religion.
• Some people like me think Apartheid is awful.
• Many people have different opinion about Apartheid.
• Many problems are being caused by Apartheid in Africa right now.
• It will keep going until we stop it.

What can be done to help the problem of Apartheid? What is being done to correct Apartheid?

• Many things can be done to stop Apartheid, but one very important one is not judging someone because they are different from you.
• You have to stop thinking people are less intelligent or less prettier or lesser than you in any other thing.
• People are people and they should not be judged by the way they act or their skin color.
• People are trying to stop Apartheid by movements like the Anti- Apartheid Movement.
• One of the main groups to oppose Apartheid was called the African National Congress (ANC).

What is my personal opinion of Apartheid? How do I react and feel about Apartheid?

• I think Apartheid is awful, and whoever has done Apartheid should be treated the same way for a while until he knows how it feels. 
• People, like I said before are just people.
• People should not be judged by how they look or the color of their skin.
• The way I react about and feel about Apartheid is very different from the way the people that support Apartheid feel.
• It makes me very sad to know people don't accept people just for their skin color. 

Bibliography and Works Cited

This webpage was created for educational purposes

by: Maria, D

Made on: 03/20/2008 14:02 PM

Mrs. Jaubert-Smith's Social Studies Class

Forbes Middle School, Georgetown, TX