1. What Does The Apartheid in South Africa Tell You About Human Rights and the Universal Decleration of Human Rights Issued by the United Nations?
The Apartheid in South Africa tells me that some countries in this world are not going by these human rights. They are just ignoring them, and going by what every they want to do. It also tells me that I should be grateful for the rights I have because some people didn't/don't have them at all. Even though, people say that everyone is born with human rights, it is easy for a government or any group with a lot of power, to take away these rights. The Apartheid in South Africa also showed me how important these rights are to me. They make up everything I do today. These rights give me the power to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and etc. Life would be terrible without these rights.
1b. How Does The Aparthied in South Africa Relate to the Holocaust?
The Apartheid in South Africa is very similar to the Holocaust. Both of these events have to do with the government wanting order. The Afrikaan government and Hitler both had problems with a specific race/religion. That is what led to these events. Hitler wanted to get rid of the Jews in Germany, and the Afrikaan government wanted to get rid of all non-whites. Both of these events are about the leader desiring a perfect country that they dream of. In reality, there is no way they are able to do that. No matter how hard they try. They cannot believe that they are more superior to others just because of their own race/religion. During the Apartheid, many laws were created, taking away the rights of non-whites. The same is true for the Jews in Germany. Such as the right to protest. During the 1950's, while protesting was at an all time high in South Africa, The Afrikaan government made a law that forbidded protesting. If they did protest, it would result in prison or death by the police. During the Holocaust, the Jews would protest, but if they did and the police caught them, they would be beaten to death or put in concentration camps. In addition, during the Apartheid, the non-whites were seperated from all the whites. The blacks and coloureds had to live together in a small town, and the whites all lived with eachother, seperated from the non-whites. During the Holocaust, the Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and etc. were seperated from all the germans, and lived in ghettos and concentration camps. Lastly, During the Apartheid, the black South Africans were used for experiments for doctors. Same was true during the Holocaust. The people in the concentration camps were guinea pigs for the doctors. They were used for various operations and experiments.
2. How Does Apartheid Reaffirm Or Deny The Priniple of Humanism?
The Apartheid denied the idea that all individuals matter. Humanism did not at all exist during the Apartheid. It was completely ignored. The unreal belief that the Afrikaan government had, that whites are better than the rest, is very stupid. Race isn't a factor when it comes to who is smarter or better. It all comes down to the person himself or herself. The Afrikaan government strongly believed that all non-whites did not matter, which was proven by their actions. All of the non-whites had their human rights taken away from them. They could not protest against the government, they couldn't use the same bathrooms, benches, and etc. as the whites. According to them, only all WHITE individuals mattered. Nobody else. So obviously, Humanism wasn't taken ito consideration while the Afrikaan government was in rule. Humanism only applied to the whites. Hopefully, this idea of Humanism, that every one matters, no matter what race or religion they are, should and will continue to exist everywere in the world.
3. How Does The Apartheid Make You Feel About the Leadership, Perpetrators of the Crimes, and the Victims?
The Aprtheid was caused by the leaders of the Afrikaan government,which was voted for during the elections, by the people of South Africa. But then again, they did not know that this government would turn out to be unfair and unjust. Further more, the elections were unfair. I dislike the perpetrators of the crimes because they are very cruel and inhuman. They are so stupid to think that just because their skin color is white, they are better than the rest. I don't understand what can make them feel this way. I feel so sorry for the victims of this horrible crime. They had to get beaten and tortured for absolutely no reason at all. They had to go through the unfair desicions that their government made. On top of that, all their human rights were taken away. That basiclly means, that they had their lives taken away from them. They were just helpless people that couldn't do anything, but to obey the government. They struggled a lot and went through so much durin this time. In addition, The Apartheid wasn't something that lasted for a couple months. It lasted for over 50 years. Even though "Resolution 1761" was created, it did not make much of a difference, up until 1994, when they were finally free from this government.
3b. Do You Feel Any Sorrow or Pity For the Victims of The Apartheid, or Were the Actions of The State Justified?
I definatley feel sorrowful towards the victims of the Apartheid. These actions by the Afrikaan government were not at all justified. They had absolutely no right in the world to take away the human rights of these people. They shouldn't take away the freedom of these people just because their skin color does not match the color of theirs. These people had the rights that they are born with, taken away from them. There is no excuse and no reason at all to why the government felt the need to basiclly imprison these people in their own country. These people went through so much pain because of the stupid and unfair beliefs of the Afrikaan government.
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