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Imperialism in South Africa
Throughout the course of Africa’s history, imperialism is one of the biggest transformations that could have happened. More specifically, South Africa. Though it happened almost one hundred and eighty years ago, we are still capable of seeing the different impacts it had on modern South Africa. You should care about the effects of imperialism because you can still see the different effects imperialism has had on South Africa. But, did imperialism have a positive or negative impact on modern South Africa? I believe that though imperialism has had some positive impacts, most of the outcomes were negative. I believe this for several reasons.
To begin with, no one has ever really been treated equally. Everyone who was non- white was segregated until 1994. This was called apartheid. Apartheid was a system of discrimination based on your race. If you were colored, you were required to follow certain rules. This included; carrying a pass (or legal documents), following specific curfews, and understanding that you were never going to be equal to white people. While the country was mostly made up of colored men and woman, all the power was held by governing white people. While the policy was lifted in 1994, thanks to a man named Nelson Mandel, the entire country still struggles for equality. An example of how it’s still not equal is jobs and money. Since the apartheid, the rise of unemployment has doubled. And a lot of the times, white people refuse to higher colored men because of their racial differences. And even if you are given the opportunity to work, your salary is still lower than white people. This has impacted South Africa because most of the population is colored. About 9 % of the ...

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...s imperialism. While it’s true, that imperialism did bring education to Southern Africa, only selected citizens were chosen to receive that education a couple decades ago. The reason why this is important is because it’s one of the reasons poverty still exists today. While education is being given out today, a few decades ago it was scarce for men of color. So those who didn’t receive education before received lower paying job or no job at all. This is just another challenge that South Africa is trying to face that is still connected to imperialism.
In conclusion, you are still able to see the different affects that imperialism had on South Africa. While there were some positive effects of imperialism, most of them are negative. I think Southern Africa would have been better off if Great Britain hadn’t tried to interfere in their country. What do you think?

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