Question

Statement:

“European colonialism had little to do with the emergence of apartheid in South Africa, and the apartheid policies reflect solely the racism of the Afrikaner nationalists.”

Directions:
You are developing in this post an argument for or against the boldfaced statement above.

Questions to Answer:
Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Why or why not? What evidence can you provide to support your view?
What evidence can you find that might support the opposing argument?

Answer 1

I disagree with the above statement because without Europeans banning slave trade within their country, the rise of slavery would not have grown in Africa creating apartheid/segregation. The increase in demand for slaves was due to gold being found in South Africa. South Africa now started to have more slaves, slaves that were abundant to them because of the laws against slavery now placed in Europe. It's good that Europe stopped slavery from happening, however it did not stop it world wide. I could see however, an argument to this. The Africans chose to segregate themselves from one another and chose cheap labor over morally right high payed labor.

*Remember just an opinion*