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Comparing Apartheid In South Africa And The United States

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Did Apartheid in South Africa during the 1960s change the way that countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom viewed rights in their own countries during the 1960s and onwards?
A. Summary of evidence

1) ‘Black and white two ways’-Article
• Written in 2016 by David Brion Davis.
Evidence I got from this article:
• Outlaw of marriages between whites and Negroes in the United States.
• Mixed marriages in South Africa have been tolerated for many years.
• United States and South Africa have diverged so sharply, at least in their official commitments regarding racial equality, one can imagine a variety of ideological motives behind any comparison of the history of white supremacy in the two countries.
• The contrast between the United …show more content…

Evidence I got from the blog post:
• The source contradicts the idea that Apartheid didn’t have an effect on other countries. The source states that Apartheid had an effect on the world and made them change their views on their civil rights.
• South Africa is definitely not the worst example of a political approach race relations in the history of the world.
• The impact of this is far-reaching, because in our increasingly global world, other countries struggling to create just systems for race relations could be influenced by South Africa's system.
• This source is useful as it shows the different perspective about the influence Apartheid had on the world. It contradicts the argument that Apartheid didn’t have an effect on the way the United States and Britain viewed their civil rights.

3) "South Africans and African Americans Bound By Struggle"-Article
• Written by Peniel E. Joseph in 2013.
Evidence I got from this article:
• The source elaborates on the struggles both South Africans and Americans had to face during Apartheid and the Civil Rights Movement …show more content…

The blog post was written in Texas, America and posted on to the internet. According to the article Apartheid has impacted world history due its law of racism and prejudiced ideals. Even though the article believes that Apartheid has an impact in the whole world it also states that Apartheid was definitely not the worst example of racism. The article shows that countries might feed of Apartheid to show that their countries racial relations are nothing close to what South Africans have endured over a period of about 50 years. The article has limitations due to the writer being an American which means it could be biased and the writer might not know much about South Africa’s history. The article is valuable due to the writer being a history teacher which means she had studied many parts of history and has a valid opinion and has probably researched facts. The articles purpose is to inform readers and researchers about the effects of apartheid on the world and specifically the United

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