Racism in South Africa

Racism has been an ongoing problem for many years in South Africa. South Africa is a vastly populated country (approx. 50 000 000 people) . Unlike many other african nations, South Africa has a reasonable percentage of white people. There is 75.6% Black population, 24.4% white people. The white population however has always maintained higher class than the black resulting in extremely biest government and terrible racial issues. It all started about 100 years ago. We all know about the cotton picking plantations in the southern United States, and how black people were exploited and used as slaves by white americans. Same goes for South Africa. South Africa was discovered as a huge diamond producing country. British men seeking wealth decided that if they moved to South Africa in search of diamonds, they would make a fortune. They did the same thing to the black nation, forcing them to do the dirty work in the mines, and enslaving them against their will. This was the starting of the distinction of class between the black population and the white population. There have been multiple occasions of murder, assualt, and discrimination between the blacks and the whites. It has been so bad that the UN was forced to send support to make peace between the two races. The problem has been solved more or less and the previously notriously dangerous country of South Africa has become a more safe place. Unfortunately however it is still majoritarely the white population that is industrious, with the black population following far behind. There is still the distinction of class between the white and black population and there are still incidents of violence that occur. For example on August 27, 2001 a black store owner named Wanda Stofburg was beaten by a white male. His reasoning was that Wanda's store was bringing too many black people into the town. This was a pure example of brutality for one simple cause. The color of someone's skin. The country has improved substantially and continues to improve. We don't know whether or not the blacks and whites will ever be able to completely accept, and work with each other, but we can only hope that they will. We can only hope that the color of someone's skin will cease being a problem in the future.