I personally feel that Mark Mathabane made the right decision in leaving on his tennis scholarship for America. Some people look at this as him trying to run away, flee the country, but I look at it as him being very wise. I think it was a wise decision for him to go to America. Once he was there people would start to notice his skills and admire him, which could help make his views more influential on others. His influence would then enable him to regain awareness to Americans about the cruel treatment of African Americans in South Africa, which would hopefully rai

There would also be many conflicts to face in choosing the scholarship. First, there would be leaving the family. I would be greatly missed by them and I was the one who was really starting to bring in the money for them to be able live a semi-decent life. There also would be the process of getting a visa. The officers would undoubtedly make it difficult to get one because they do not want any black South Africans going to America and telling the truth about what life was really like for black South Africans in South Africa. The conflict that would scare me the most is how my peers would react to it. It’s not so much about what they thought of me but what they might do to me. Students would leave me threatening notes just because I was playing tennis with white people. Imagine how they would have reacted if they knew I was going to America to play tennis on a scholarship. This then would arise an inner conflict for me. Why wouldn’t my people want me to do something good for myself? Why would they want anyone to have to stay in the terrible life we led? Why do they care so much about me interacting with white people? Don’t they realize that not all white people are bad? I would have wanted to go explain that I was going to America for all black South Africans, I’m jus

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