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"By matric I was 🤬, making five hundred rand a week. To put that in perspective, there are maids in South Africa who still earn less than that a day." (500 rand is equal to about $50)
Even though apartheid has ended, there is still bias and racism in South Africa.

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"South Africa has 11 official languages... The crazy thing is, somehow, it works." (p.153)

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"South Africa has 11 official languages... The crazy thing is, somehow, it works." (p.153)

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"In America you had the forced removal of the native peoples onto reservations coupled with slavery followed by segregation. Imagine all three of those things happening to the same group of people at the same time. That was apartheid."

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"You didn't mess with hippo" This quote is referring to the tanks that the militia used to keep the order among the residents. This also shows of the military's might that was a great reason for the hierarchy to stay intact.

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" You didn't mess with a hippo" This is referring to the tanks that the militia used to keep the people scared and in line to empower the people on the top of the ladder of hierarchy.

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"English is the language of money. English comprehension is equated with intelligence."

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"The homelands were, ostensibly, the original homes of South Africa's tribes...where black people could be 'free.' Of course, this was a lie." White people created an illusion of freedom by giving Black South Africans their own land...but in reality, it was barely any land at all, and had no running water or electricity.

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all the kids thot he was white

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this is my country why should i leave this shows that she didnt run away from home

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this is my country why should i leave this shows that she didnt run away from home

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"this is my county why should i leave" this shows that his mom is not scared and will stand her ground

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"If you stop to consider the ramifications, you'll never do anything." There were so many unjust policies and penalties to go along with them that it was impossible, as a Black person or person of color, to live your life without constantly considering the consequences.

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"No they're going to take you" I feel like knowing that you could be scooped up from your family at anytime if you were caught would feel like you're walking on egg shells non-stop.

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"Where most children are proof of their parents love, i was proof of their criminality" i feel like that would be a really damaging thought to grow up with.

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"The ultimate goal of apartheid was to make South Africa a white  country, with every black person stripped of his or her citizenship and relocated to live in the homelands ...But this so-called white country could not function without black labor..."
They don't want black people, but they can't live without them
-jackie

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"We adopted the religion of our colonizers, but most people held on to the old ancestral ways, too, just in case." This is an example of the strong connection to their culture. A fire that could not be put out by the dirty water of colonialism.

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"In the white areas you rarely saw the police, and if you did it was officer friendly in his collared shirts and pressed pants. In soweto the police were an occupying army. They didnt were collared shirts. They were militarized."  This is an example of injustice because Black South Africans were threatened and subject to violence but white South Africans had friendly police.

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"This is my country. Why should I leave?" This shows Trevor's mom didn't run away from her home country, she had no fear.

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"the wrong color kid in the wrong color area, and the government could come in, strip your parents of custody, and have you off to an orphanage." the government could send kids to an orphanage just because of the color of their skin.

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"By law white-collar jobs and skilled labor jobs were reserved for whites"
The higher paid jobs were to only be occupied by white people, whereas to black people they only had 2-3 choices of jobs.

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"To leave the township for work in the city, or for any other reason, you had to carry a pass with your ID number; otherwise you could be arrested. There was also a curfew: after a certain hour, blacks had to be home in the township or risk arrest." This is an example of the government doing their best to control the black population, and give any excuse to arrest or harm them.