I have been reading a book called Nelson Mandela, which is obviously a book about Nelson Mandela's life. I have learned that Nelson is the son of the chief of a tribe. Nelson has to marry at a certain age,but he decides to run away to Johannesburg. He then studies, and learns a lot about law, and makes a law office,for mainly the dark skinned people who lived in the slums of Johannesburg. This book is very helpful for thinking philosophical.
I really want to focus on segregation between blacks, and whites. Mandela has been known to be a famous civil rights speaker. He was apart of the national african congress. Nelson was all about giving people equal rights. I would have to call him the Martin Luther King jr.of South Africa. Maybe not as vocal and physical, but he was very influential. He was a non-violent protestor which he learned from Mahatma Gandhi. I want to say is it right to use violence to get across, what you want? I think it is,it clearly isn't right for Africans to be oppressed like that for no reason. So if the government isn't already right then you can't do simple protesting,you have to get your message across by doing something that isn't right. So violence is necessary to fight unjust things.
Also when Mandela, went to jail, I felt that it was very unjust for it to happen. Everyone can agree because he was not the only one in the first place to be charged for using violence for protesting, they kind of singled him out by himself when he clearly wasn't the only one doing it. It is a good way to get a lot of attention on the subject because it was broadcasted on the news, when he was released from prison. You need to get attention sometimes, if it means doing things that might cost you. It's just needed.
In conclusion i agree with what Nelson Mandela did in order to get attention and stop the segregation. It was a good idea, that needed to happen to get attention. Nelson Mandela is one part that stopped segregation, it's good that he was there to stop it, even when it was bad things to get there.
Great post!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your ideas of how people shouldn't be separated socially based on the color of their skin. Nelson Mandela seems to be a very influential person that made a big difference in the lives of many. Do you think there are still people like him in our modern society?
Good job,
Melissa.
Great post! This kind of reminds me of me of the Kony 2012 issue: people were working hard for the issue to simply get attention! I also like how you included your opinion on how people shouldn't be separated because of the color of their skin. It's also interesting how you related Nelson mandela to martin luther king jr!
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