Apartheid remains one of the twentieth century's biggest blunders concerning human welfare and simple decency. Apartheid is the result of two different schools of thought that existed primarily upon the oppression of others. The Afrikaner government was no better at human rights than the ides lost in colonialism. Any attempt to restrain individuals is wrong but to attempt to do in a country to the very people that live there is something altogether horrible. Apartheid was never meant to improve the country or create a society that flourished. It was based upon the ideas of racism and repressing certain individuals because of their race. It is important to note that this kind of thinking was not simply thrust upon the blacks in South Africa - it was thrust upon all who were not white. The idea that holding people down will result...

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