There is a lot of differences between the United States and South Africa. Many people think that the United States and South Africa have similarities but they only have a few.
A big difference is the United States had the Civil War, where South Africa had an apartheid. An apartheid is forced segregation. Another is the length of the conflict in America it only lasted 4 years. Where in South America it was lasted 40 years. The history of conflict was colonration.
In South Africa the main conflict is colonration, and segregation. The main and racial factors is enslavement and forced migration of Africans. For South Africa colonization of African land by British and Dutch. Other racial issues was the mistreatment of migrant workers. Some people that got mistreated where the Chinesse, Irish, Pollocks, and the Italians. In South Africa was the mistreatment of migrant workers, who were Indians.
The constitution in America just got amended in America, where in South Africa they wrote a new constitution. The party leading reconstruction of America was the Republican party. Where in South Africa it was the African National Congress. Another thing that people might not know is that in America, slaves could own land, and try to by their freedom from their owners. Where in South Africa it was law that black Africans could not be in the city after dark. That is not fair!
So that is how the United States and South Africa differ from one another. In my opinon i think that the slaves in America had it harder then in South Africa. At least in South Africa they could have jobs and could work for who ever they wanted to work for. In America the slaves had to work for one owner or many owners in harsh conditions and might not even get paid for what they do. That is some of the reasons why the slaves had it harder then the apartheid that was going on in South Africa.
Friday, September 26, 2008
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