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Kaffir Boy

 

             Kaffir boy was an extremely honest tale of what life was like during apartheid. Apartheid was a system designed by Holland settlers to separate the native Africans from their settlers. They conformed them into small ghettos or tribal reserves which where unpractical and unsanitary. Although many people might feel torn about how the story ended. Many people feel he should have stayed or retaliated against his peers. It also leaves people wondering how they would have handled the situation themselves. In this paper, I will discuss what I would have done if I were in the same situation, what I felt he should have done, and some conflicts that were in his way.
             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 raise enough concern for the American government feel the need to intervene. Once mark had his visa and no longer was living in South Africa he could return, protest, and not receive the same punishment that a regular black South African would. I also feel it was a good decision for him to go to America because he should have to sacrifice his dreams just because his black or because he has to leave behind his people.
             It is hard for me to decide what I would have done if I were in Mark Mathabanes shoes. I honestly do not feel I would even have the courage to begin start up tennis considering the environment that he lived in. I would have been far too afraid of what people would say and think about me.


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