As Nelson Mandela once said: “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” Many of us recognize the apartheid rule in South Africa 1948-1994 as a barbaric regime only designed to retain the segregation between white and coloured people. Murder, arrests and oppression became part of this uncivilized country. With the election of the National Party in 1948 Apartheid was enforced with legislation. The Group Areas Act restricted the rights of blacks and gave 84% of the land to the whites and pass laws forbid blacks to be in a white area without identity cards. Thousands of innocent people were killed at the hands of Apartheid leaving the blacks with no other choice than to fight violence with violence. After many years of bloody war Mandela and ANC had “reached the mountaintop of their desires” making South Africa a free country with free selections. The fight against Apartheid gave the black people their freedom, but the other side of the medal was the emerging sub-class of poor white people.
This discussion is brought up by Mary Braid in the article “South Africa’s new underclass: poor whites”. Mary Braid sets the stage “in medias res” by using a real life observation through Kitty Wan Zyl. The author uses Kitty Wan Zyl as a personification to describe the conditions of all white people in South Africa. The article pictures how whites have been placed at the bottom of the food chain. Although rich people still retain the power of society, South Africa is according to Mary Braid enrolled in a massive race transformation. As these quotes state:
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