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What is something society does that makes you hate? Many people have the tendency to either reveal their emotions externally to the public or keep their emotions wrapped inside. The poem, “ The Beginning of a Long Poem on Why I Burned the City” by Lawrence Benford and “Jimmy the Terrorist” by Omar Ahmed reveal the effects of racism in society and how one may handle the situation. In comparing, Benford and Ahmed reveal the effects of one’s experiences of injustice which can later follow into adulthood

ones found in Apartheid. To determine the outcome of this statement, the makeup of the Western Cape’s population must be looked at in finer detail. 2011 Black Coloured Indian/Asain White Other Western Cape 32.9 % 48.8 % 1.0 % 15.7 % 1.6 % As displayed in the table above, the majority of the Western Cape’s population is made up of “Coloured” people. The reason we need to look at this topic is so it can give necessary evidence showing if this new WESCAPE Development is

located on the western side of cape town and during my visit I went to a public space know as Bayside Mall, which is frequented by many black, white and some coloured people residing in that area and possibly from outside such as myself. In conjunction with this visit, I also received personal experiences and opinions from black, white and coloured people currently residing in suburbs such as Flamingo Vlei and Parklands who have lived there for a considerable amount of time. Firstly, I would like to

Like Rachel, who sees in colouredness a woman’s “joy of birth” (and not shame), Sally sees in the “neglected knot” of colouredness “the beauty of being coloured, that we need not worry about roots at all” (27).2 Rachel’s vulgar tirade at Le Fleur’s deliberate manipulation of facts for his nationalist ambitions is another moment when Rachel resists patriarchal control. Her outburst follows her disgust at

the introduction of the population registration act. the change required citizens should state their race, weather if they were white, black . or coloured. they stated other acts such as the area act, and the groups act which created a huge seperation between races. every race had its own business, home, areas and so on. the blacks and coloured race are the most races who were effected in a negative way. they weren't able to vote, or register in sport activities. as the decades went

who was being accused of rape. He tried helping him with all fairness and respect, although he already knew that he would lose even before the trials started since the case was “as simple as black and white”. What this did was spark hope for the coloured, and makes it easier for the next person to speak up. An example would be Martin Luther King Jr. who was one of the greatest role model and civil rights leader that ever lived. Furthermore, without those people standing up for one another and assisting

and how the other animals are perceived as being powerless characters as they do not challenge the pigs’ authority over the management of the farm. Secondly, I will elaborate on the theme of powerlessness in Mark Behr’s ‘The Smell of Apples’. The coloured and black people are portrayed as being weak and defenceless in South African society. Marnus is depicted as powerless as he blindly follows the views of his narrow-minded family on issues such as religion, class and race and is influenced by their

choosing the company of coloured folks. Despite the rude comments and hardships Mr. Raymond has to face, he still manages to live up to his standards in his everyday life. Since he has many coloured friends, and children, it is obvious that Dolphus believes that everyone is equal, and is not one to care about what society thinks. Atticus represents social courage by defending the black man falsely accused of rape. Dolphus Raymond represents social courage by being around coloured people, and marrying

Violence, robberies were common in those days. Riots were started against government. Unemployment and poverty were the cause of all those incidents. Fear of black poor people was there in the society.  “I was staring at the door, making it out in my mind rather than seeing it, in the dark. I lay quite still__ a victim already___ but the arrhythmia of my heart was fleeing, knocking this way and that against its body-cage.” Writer himself is the subject of fear. Writer has topicalized his fear

Cry, the Beloved Country In a country torn by segregation and hatred, one man seeks to rebuild his family and his tribe. Cry, the beloved country is a tale of forgiveness, generosity, and endurance. In the story, the main protagonist is helped by a number of characters. A South African man Stephen Kumalo loses his young son, but is still determined to improve the life of his people. In this black man's country, white man's law had broken the tribe, divided the people and corrupted the youth