White Supremacy in South Africa
In what ways, and to what purpose, did the pursuit of white supremacy in 20th century South Africa affect the lives of people of color? Be as specific as you can in your answer with regard to policies, practices, individual lives and experiences.
Please consider the following when writing this essay.
ARGUMENT
The essay has a clear, coherent, well-developed argument.
STRUCTURE
The essay has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. Each paragraph is well structured and has a clear topic sentence.
Use of material and citations
The student demonstrates understanding of the readings to construct and support his or her response. The source material is appropriately and consistently cited using proper Chicago-style citation.
WRITING
Words are spelled correctly, grammar is clear, and punctuation is used correctly.
Creativity
Two points are available for students whose essays have clear signs of creativity.
PROMPT:
In what ways, and to what purpose, did the pursuit of white supremacy in 20th century South Africa affect the lives of people of color? Be as specific as you can in your answer with regard to policies, practices, individual lives and experiences.
Requirements:
- 1250 Words
- Citation style: Chicago style Footnotes
Sources (only use given sources):
- 3 primary sources (pick 3 from the “Primary” given folder inside the link below)
- 3 secondary sources (pick 3 from the “Secondary” given folder inside the link below)
- 3 video sources (pick 3 from the list of video sources given below)
Primary and Secondary Sources:
https://drive.google.com/
Video Sources:
1838 Bloedrivier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
De Voortrekkers (Winning a Continent, 1916)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Dancing at the Union Buildings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Voortrekker Monument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Verwoerd defines apartheid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The “Race Problem” in 1953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Steve Biko video interview (90 seconds)
The google drive link does Not require a log in. Does show the two folders inside? I will try to post them here buy study pool has a limit of how big the sizes can be.
Answer preview
White supremacy is the perception that white people are superior to other individuals from other races. In South Africa, white supremacy began with the Dutch during their colonial settlement at the Cape. The Dutch came with the ideology that Whites were superior to non-Whites and that they could conduct themselves anyhow the felt in the colonies since they were superior. Such behaviors coined the idea of racial slavery where the Europeans began to emulate standards that were practicable in any colonial setting, and this made slavery inevitable.[1] As time went on, white supremacy, which was identified as South Africa’s overall power structure was partly maintained by apartheid policies.[2] The South African government came up with apartheid policies or racial policies and ideologies that were discriminative to people of color.[3] White supremacy in South Africa had a negative…
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