Beginning of the Apartheid, 1953

Although Afrikaners including Prime Minister Malan would disagree, from the perspective of a Black citizen of South Africa, the apartheid is completely unfair and unnecessary. I mean who is to say that the whites should get more power and control over a nation that originally started as only blacks resided in it. Those inconsiderate Afrikaners hold basically all authority in the government because all “Coloured” authority within the government of South Africa has been abolished, and now a bunch of Europeans are supposed to represent Black South Africans in the government. The Afrikaners think they are special and should obtain full control over the government for some apparent reason, which is absurd because they are people just like us. Just thinking about the racism expressed by all of the Afrikaans makes me upset and angry. Also, the fact that after making all the rules that basically state all Blacks in South Africa are less then people compared to the Afrikaners, they have the nerve to try and get us to speak their language. Not in a billion years will I ever speak the Afrikaans language. The most ridiculous of all of the rules brought by the apartheid is that we are not allowed to marry any Europeans. I don’t understand why it matters so much whether Blacks get married to Europeans, yet there are many things that I do not understand about this apartheid. I feel like the Afrikaners think of us as animals rather than people.

Us blacks already didn’t have as many rights as the Afrikaners even before Prime Minister Malan came to power, but if we had more control in the government I am sure the previous Prime Minister, Mr. Smuts, would be in control of South Africa right now. Even though Mr. Smuts would still create more rules against us blacks, it would be nothing like the apartheid assembled by Prime Minister Malan. If only one of us could become Prime Minister or gain control over South Africa. There is talk of a man named Nelson Mandela who is gathering a peaceful rebellion against the Afrikaners and their worthless apartheid. If only Nelson Mandela could organize a movement so large that Mr. Malan or at least most of the Afrikaners will have to understand how unjust the apartheid is. I know that one day the political and human rights in South Africa will be equal between all races and religions. The apartheid began with us blacks and other races as well as religions being influenced to switch to the Afrikaner religion, language, and way of life. I think the apartheid will come to an end reverse the way it began, starting with other races and religions having more rights in the South African government, and it will end with the Afrikaners granting the Blacks, the Indians, the Jews, etc. entire freedom.




-Black South African Citizen, June 7th, 1953