Racism

In South Africa racism is one of the main problems in the country and is the reason why there is so much conflict in the country. With only 9 percent of white people in the country, they treat the coloured people terribly, even though, they take up 80 percent of the population.



The racism began in 1953 when coloured people were rated inferior to white people and were denied their citizenship. The government then started to divide the basic needs of a citizen( healthcare, public transport, education ) and the coloured always got much less than the whites.

One example of racism is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, an important Indian man, who moved to South Africa in the middle of his life. One day when Gandhi was getting a train in Pietermaritzburg, he had a valid first class ticket. When a European passenger came along, Gandhi refused to give up his seat and as a result was thrown off the train and later on that day he was beaten up by the train driver.