It began as rules and regulations for example putting people into different groups based on their color and spiraled into violence, such as the massacre at Sharpsville. ... In 1952, the government passed a law called the Natives Act. ... Another act was passed by the government that increased tension. ... Some believed the government (Dr Verwoerd) had gone too far. ... Blacks also became more agitated and more militant against the government. ...

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The classification into these groups were based on appearance, social acceptance and decent. ... In 1953 the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLAA) were passed which allowed the government to declare a state of emergency and increase penalties for protesting or support the repeal of law. ... In 1960 a large group of black people refused to carry their pass-books in Sharpville and the government declared a state of emergency allowing them to attack the non-violent protest. ... And then a year later ANC won the first fully free elections in South Africa and chose Nels...

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There is no one presently responsible for slavery and therefore no one should be obligated to "payback" what damage was done many years ago. "[ ] the government has to take the money from citizens, and there are no citizens alive today who were responsible for slavery" (Lewin). Taking money from the government is taking money from the people. ... "Underlying many race-based programs in recent years has been the notion that all living white Americans are somehow beneficiaries of centuries of discrimination against blacks. ... The government can't make everyone happy and deciding on rep...

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Racism can be broken down into three basic categories: economic, governmental, and societal. ... Lastly and most importantly the racism in societal is the labels we put on people based on their skin color. Societal racism is the most harmful and influential because it involves economic and governmental racism. ... Tatei Thomas says "Racism, especially in our society is a disease of ignorance spreading rapidly through minds across America based on what we see and idolized. ... Societal racism is the most important because it has an aspect of economic and government racism, and can be see...

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The results showed that both groups share similar beliefs pertaining to origination and treatment theories based upon their cultural heritage. ... Twenty-seven percent of Louisiana residents believe that AIDS is a form of genocide, while 70 percent believed that the government was not telling that complete truth about AIDS. ... In addition, conspiracy theory is an umbrella term encompassing myths, urban legends, and rumors and does not limit itself to government. ... Moreover, they are present in every aspect of life from sports to government and seem to have a nev...

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Starting with several cases in 1989, the Supreme Court has restricted affirmative action by: "[giving] greater weight to claims of reverse discrimination, outlawed the use of minority set-asides in cases where prior racial discrimination could not be proved, and placed stricter limits on states' use of racial preferences than it did on the federal government. ... Pena (1995), the court placed stricter limits on affirmative-action programs, stating they were unconstitutional unless they fulfilled a 'compelling governmental interest'." ("affirmative action") Currently in the S...

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Harris Public Policy Lecture Series was based on "Political Engagement and Public Policy: Domestic and Foreign". ... The first topic she "touched base on" was Human Rights. Because people are very unaware of their human rights, they are taken advantage of by government officials. ... In my opinion, Hardball is a book that breaks down the way government works from a Republicans perspective. ... Politicians are the leaders of countries and based off their decisions it makes a reputation of the citizens. ...

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When an employer hires anyone because he or she is a minority, instead of being based on one's qualification, it is discrimination. ... Not only does it use race to decide who will get the better job, but it is based on an assumption that minorities cannot be as successful as white students and employees without government intervention. ... If you didn't know, a quota is a law made by the government that says that an employer must hire a certain amount of Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics Asians in there business. ...

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Natives were given the hope that if the British won they would be given their freedom and a say in the new government. ... The Dutch took advantage of the English's policy of appeasement and basically took over the government later voting to become free from the control of English Imperialism. ... Once slavery was abolished South Africa developed Apartheid which was a centrally based form of segregation and Jim Crow laws. South Africa was more of a centrally power based government rather than a regionally based or state based government like the United States form of federalism. ... Event...

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In such cases, courts have generally insisted on applying "strict scrutiny"-the most intense level of judicial review-to government actions. Under this tough standard, the use of race in governmental decisions making may be upheld only if it serves a compelling government objective and only if it is "narrowly tailored" to advance that objective (Kennedy 70-74). Racial profiling should be ended even if the generalizations on which the technique is based are supported by empirical or factual evidence. ... I have been in a courtroom before and I know that if an officer says he did not base his ac...

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The war put constitutional government to its severest test as a long festering debate over the power of the federal government versus state rights. ... If ignorance was the bases on which they used to disenfranchised African-Americans, then the laws were based upon discrimination against color. The government was saying in effect, that ignorant, loyal men who are black are not fit to vote, but ignorant" loyal men who are white are. [Under Johnson's Reconstruction policy, as white Southern states re-established their governments, which in DuBois words, "looked backwards" toward slavery.] ....

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Society has made it a major issue basing a person by the color of their skin, their culture, religious beliefs, and gender. ... The last factors that I want to mention are Government. ... Government does not really protect the black "who be considered in low-status, low-power roles in institution. The number of black elected in Congress, in Government can be counted with two hands. Whites still dominate in the government politics. ...

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Society has made it a major issue basing a person by the color of their skin, their culture, religious beliefs, and gender. ... The last factors that I want to mention are Government. ... Government does not really protect the black "who be considered in low-status, low-power roles in institution. The number of black elected in Congress, in Government can be counted with two hands. Whites still dominate in the government politics. ...

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The same were for education; white people students and ethnically diverse student went to separate schools, and only schools for white students got funded by the government. ... Last but not least, diversity gives us the right to choose friends/ partners base on meaningful connection, rather than race. People used to choose their friends base on their skin color not what was inside them. Friendship/ partnership should be chosen based on meaningful connections, which means it should be grown over a long period of time by trusting each other. ... It is good to choose friends/ partners based on m...

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The need for order had Americans look up to the government for the solution. As the government was faced with new tasks it grew rapidly. The local government grew along with its many new responsibilities: professional police, public libraries, expanding school systems, banking and transportation oversight, constructions, etc. The federal government also grew very quickly in revenues, in agencies, in administrative autocracies, etc. ... It is based on the interpretation of "The White Man's Burden" as a justification of invading the Philippines. ...

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Now, ancestors of slaves are demanding reparations in the form of money in order to heal their wounds that were opened up by the acts of the U.S. government and slave owners. ... Richard America, professor at Georgetown University estimated a figure of $5 to $10 trillion as the amount the U.S. government owes African-Americans for "the slavery their ancestor's were forced to endure," according to a report by Black Voices (About.com). ... According to Jeff Jacoby's article, "Ideas run the gamut from a government check for each Black family to free college tuition for needy Black stu...

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Classification into these categories was based on appearance, social acceptance, and descent. ... The Department of Home Affairs (a government bureau) was responsible for the classification of the citizenry. ... In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in African reserves, known as "homelands."" ... In 1960, a large group of blacks in Sharpeville refused to carry their passes; the government declared a state of emergency. ... The government then declared a state of emergency and imposed press controls in July 1985. ...

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The United States government should pay reparations to African Americans as a means of admitting their wrong-doing and making amends. ... America alleges they are a religious based country and their faith resides in God. ... The Pongee Bryant government should compensate the Black race and put an end to a never-ending oppression cycle. The government of the United States of America has been instrumental in having pressured the German and Japanese governments into the payments of reparations to the people who suffered and survived the crimes and legacy of slavery endured during World...

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Also that the battle for discrimination has been won, and it is not the job of the government to guarantee the outcome. ... Acceptance to universities and hiring practices should not be based on quotas. ...

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He is obviously a man who is racist based on his negative comments on the black population. ... Based on his negative attitude towards the black population, one could easily decipher his bully-like attitude as fear. ... He has this belief of the "unfitness of the negro to participate in governments, - an unfitness due to his limited education, his lack of experience, his criminal tendencies, and more especially to his hopeless mental and physical inferiority to the white race." ...

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For many decades now, our government has been treating people differently based on their skin color, causing no one to be or feel equal towards one another. In fact, as we are experiencing today, the government also created discriminating policies in the past, including Jim Crow laws and slavery. ... Another example of preferential treatment of minorities is when students are seen as being admitted into academic institutions based solely on their race, despite that their academic score are drastically lower than standards. ... They then brought a lawsuit against the school claiming the admissi...

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If affirmative action is supposed to support the individual, why is it solely based on race and why doesn't it apply to every situation based on the potential of the individual involved? ... Our most powerful and sacred document that holds all the power in the government is colorblind. ... The US government has " more than ninety thousand organizations with contracts valued at $50,000 or more." ... In order to create a system that is fair the government needs to do additional research in improving its present situation. Affirmative action should be based on the fact that it is giving e...

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Malan was elected into the government in 1948, and he put the apartheid into play. ... It was based on the appearance, social acceptance and decent. ... Not only were the Africans social lives affected but they were forced to leave their own homes and move to reserves established by the government. In 1951 the Bantu Authorities Act set aside land that each African was assigned to by the government. ...

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He believed that is the American government did not protect these rights and blacks from whites then blacks had the right to protect themselves by any means necessary. ... His poetry was based on racism and how it affected him personally. ... Our government always says we are equal and that we are one people, one nation, but my guess is that they have never been to the poorer areas of any city. ... The only solution to this problem is the increased role of the government in the financial support of the less fortunate children and the under funded schools they attend. ...

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After the passage of these amendments, two of the three branches of government disconnected themselves with the issue of black civil rights. ... This occurred as the other, more industrial, interests of the broad based party dominated their platform; leaving the blacks to face the wrath of the Southerners. ... The Court prompted discrimination by implying that if blacks wanted legal protection, they would need to seek it from their state, not national, government. ... "The object of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but in the na...

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