Jim Crow Laws And South African Apartheid

As a result of the government-mandated segregation, resistance in both the United States and South Africa escalated. In other words, the history of the African civil rights movement taught: “Nationalism has been tested in the people’s struggles . . . and found to be the only antidote against foreign rule and modern imperialism” (Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom 2008, 156). By comparing and contrasting the Jim Crow Laws and apartheid, we are able convey that nationalism ultimately lead to activism and reform.

Compare and contrast Jim Crow laws of the southern United States with South Africa’s Apartheid.

There were many forms of discrimination in America. Discrimination was everywhere in the 20th century, and the population most affected by this were African Americans. Two of the most critical injustices committed in America during the 20th century were the development of the Jim Crow laws and school segregation. However, these injustices have been rectified as a result of the Civil Rights Movement and the decision of the supreme court of Brown v. Board of Education which brought important changes to African Americans.

Enacted by lawmakers bitter about the loss against the North, Jim Crow Laws blatantly favored whites and repressed those of color as many refused to welcome blacks into civic-life, still believing them to be inferior. These laws were essentially a legalized legislative barrier to the freedom promised by our constitution, and the newly won war against the southern states to end slavery. This institutionalized form of inequality spread like a wildfire in the subsequent decades, separating the races in every way imaginable; in all walks of life. Although these laws varied from state to state, we see a common trend of laws keeping blacks and whites separated, particularly in social settings and social institutions. Some of these laws include but are not limited to marriage, hospitalization, restrooms, public transportation, and prisons; all of which isolating blacks from whites. We even find laws regarding liquor licensing such as a law in Georgia which required all persons licensed to sell alcohol, to serve exclusively whites or exclusively colored people; prohibiting sales to the two races simultaneously (NPS, 2015). Laws such as this were not few and far between. Segregation of blacks became a defining custom in nearly every aspect of life in the mid-nineteenth century well into the mid-twentieth century.

The angry African American crowd chanted, “Separate but equal isn’t equal!”. The Jim Crow laws were considered legally fair , but they were really degrading to blacks in most public facilities. The laws basically allowed racism and discrimination, but said it wasn’t. Blacks faced many places and spots that were segregated mainly in the south. Some of the main areas that this segregation happened was on public buses, schools, and balloting poles. The African American population was outraged by this.

The South African Apartheid, instituted in 1948 by the country’s Afrikaner National Party, was legalized segregation on the basis of race, and is a system comparable to the segregation of African Americans in the United States. Non-whites - including blacks, Indians, and people of color in general- were prohibited from engaging in any activities specific to whites and prohibited from engaging in interracial marriages, receiving higher education, and obtaining certain jobs. The National Party’s classification of “race” was loosely based on physical appearance and lineage. White individuals were superficially defined as being “obviously white'' on the basis of their “habits, education and speech as well as deportment and demeanor”; an

On February 26, 1926 Charles G. Woddson started the Negro History Week, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Now, this week has grown into Black History Month, which is celebrated during the duration of February. During this month, the history of African Americans is recognized and discussed. While African-American history dates back to the 1500s, many focus on the era during the Civil Rights Movement. During this time, Jim Crow laws were heavily enforced, but where did these Jim Crow laws come from? Why were these oppressive laws named Jim Crow? While many people have heard of Jim Crow laws, most do not know or understand the origins, history, affects, and aftermaths of this infamous name.

The Land Acts are one of the many laws established by the white supremacy government to separate the different races in South Africa. Under apartheid, native South Africans (black) would be forced to live in isolated areas from whites and use separate facilities, and contact between both races would be permitted unless of certain circumstance (jobs). Despite the consistent opposition to apartheid within of South Africa and around the world, South African laws remained in action for over 50 years. In 1950, the Afrikaners prohibited marriage between different races. Also, The Population Registration Act of 1950 included the basic blue print for apartheid by classifying/ distinguishing all South Africans by race, including Bantu (black Africans), Coloured (mixed race) and white. In 1958 Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, who was elected prime minister, would redefined/ reestablish the apartheid policy into a management he referred to as “separate development.” In 1959 Bantustans were formed for the black South Africans as communities, this was a part of “The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959. The government began to separating black South Africans from each other to enabled the government to claim there was no black South African majority, and it reduced the chance that blacks would unify into one big oppositionist/ rebellious organization. Every black South African was designated as a

Throughout U.S history african american have faced different types of unjust and unfair rom the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement where black people have either been slaves who tirelessly worked for no pay. Or they were treated as something that was below or better white people

The Jim Crow Laws were laws that divided the African Americans and the Whites in the U.S. The Jim Crow Laws followed along the lines of the black codes that were laws to keep freed black in line. The people from the South believed that African Americans were put on this earth to work, be slaves, and not have the same treatment as the whites. One example was if a black male offered his hand to a white woman they could be accused of rape. If they were accused they could be killed, beaten, or put in jail. This example was just one of the many things that happened with the Jim Crow Laws. Whites also had a more varity of things than blacks, for example they could eat at most restaurants as for African American very few would allow them. Some more

The national party achieved power in South Africa in 1948 the government, usually comprised on “white people”, and racially segregated the country by a policy under the Apartheid legislation system. With this new policy in place the black South African people were forced to live segregated from the white people and use separate public facilities. There were many attempts to overthrow the Apartheid regime, it persisted to control for almost 50 years.

In the course of the first half of 1900s, racism was mutual in many countries. South Africa was not the only country with laws that enforce racial segregation. As the novel “Cry the beloved Country” discussed in Book I during Absalom's trial, the white people felt threatened by other races in the country. Finally they passed laws that physically separate them from different people. For example in United States during 1940s, there were laws that separated African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and Latino-Americans from the rest of the country.

Many of the contemporary issues in South Africa can easily be associated with the apartheid laws which devastated the country. The people of South Africa struggle day by day to reverse “the most cruel, yet well-crafted,” horrific tactic “of social engineering.” The concept behind apartheid emerged in 1948 when the nationalist party took over government, and the all-white government enforced “racial segregation under a system of legislation” . The central issues stem from 50 years of apartheid include poverty, income inequality, land ownership rates and many other long term affects that still plague the brunt of the South African population while the small white minority still enjoy much of the wealth, most of the land and opportunities

I have always thought that Nelson Mandela has been one of the most important people in history. I find it very fascinating that one man could end the Apartheid and that is why I want to find out more about this. South Africa is a country with a past of enforced racism and separation of its multi-racial community. The White Europeans invaded South Africa and started a political system known as 'Apartheid' (meaning 'apartness'). This system severely restricted the rights and lifestyle of the non-White inhabitants of the country forcing them to live separately from the White Europeans. I have chosen to investigate how the Apartheid affected people’s lives, and also how and why the Apartheid system rose and fell in South Africa.

Oppression is at the root of many of the most serious, enduring conflicts in the world today. Racial and religious conflicts; conflicts between dictatorial governments and their citizens; the battle between the sexes; conflicts between management and labor; and conflicts between heterosexuals and homosexuals all stem, in whole or in part, to oppression. It’s similar to an article in south africa that people have with racial segregation between black and white . Many people need to know that indiviual have their own rights in laws and freedom . Everyone should have an equal rights and better community . A black person would be of or accepted as a member of an African tribe or race, and a colored person is one that is not black or white. The Department of Home Affairs (a government bureau) was responsible for the classification of the citizenry. Non-compliance with the race laws were dealt with harshly. All blacks were required to carry ``pass books ' ' containing fingerprints, photo and information on access to non-black areas. The apartheid in South Africa which was in effect from 1948 until 1994 was not only a racist policy which greatly affected the quality of life of minorities in the country for the worse but was a outright crime against humanity. It include with civil right that violence verses non-violence that the government could or