Reflections of Presentation by Claire Morris

Type up your reflection of yesterday's stories & / stories shared in this unit of real-life experiences.

clairemorris4 — 2023-12-12 12:06:37 UTC

How has this impacted your understanding of apartheid, the laws and how people's lives were effected?

Miguel

2023-12-12 12:11:16 UTC

Hearing about the actual experiences changes your understanding because you feel a different feeling and you also get impacted. For example, when we heard that a black man was battered to death and then thrown off a train sounds different from someone thats distant like a reporter that just got the information from someone that saw it with their own eyes. It also changes the way I think about racism in south africa and how they it was shown.

Quick Write (Kiara)

2023-12-12 12:11:33 UTC

I cannot imagine growing up in a world like that, where everyone even your own race seemed to betray you, every time you protested peacefully with no weopans no items that would show that your a threat only signs and songs. Just listening to what happend back then even if we/I was not there personally it's hard to listen to Ms. Zenele and Ms. Morrises story it's difficult. To know that your parents are freaking out over incedents that happend incedents that you don't understand.

The way South African people were treated was not right.

Reflection/ Catarina Thumlert

2023-12-12 12:13:33 UTC

After Ms Zanele and Ms Morris told their story's living in South Africa during the Apartheid my thinking perspective change. One reason for that is because I did not think it would hurt so much if someone lost their child because of the Apartheid laws, it would hurt you as well even though you had no idea who that person was or how it happened. And also how serious was the Apartheid with their laws and how they did not care if they murderd someone, they thought that all of the people protesting were Non Europeans, it would not mean anything if they died.

Reflections of Presentation (Eva)

2023-12-12 12:16:23 UTC

People are born and die the same way, what matters is the impact you make in this world.

During apartheid, people did unhuman acts. They treated other like they were animals.

People should judge others by whats inside but the Afrikanns thought they were better than others because of race! People died and actually suffered! Familys were seperated, people were forced to move! They lost their jobs and couldn't attend school.

Ubuntu is bringing people together. "I am because we are."

People living in townships saw neihbors disapear and never return or take days to come back home.

Schools were white only, while black schools were poor and small. Some white and black kids had no idea about what was happening outside their small little world.

Some white neihborhoods were next to townships and police were always in the middle ready to attack.

Life was so different if you were a different race no matter how close you live from each other. Black people were made to feel like they don't belong. But when they protested, they all came together.

No matter how hard it was, these experiences made you who you are and you wouldn't change one second of it.

These events taught people to treat others with compassion and respect and the need to make change.

It's okay if you did something wrong, what's important is how you fix it.

Tiago

2023-12-12 12:17:30 UTC

Before ms.Morris told me the story about the guy getting beat and thrown out of a train, my view of apartheid and rasism in africa changed. I did not know that the white people did these things and worst of all there were no consiquences to their actions and ways the white south africans hurt the black south africans.I cant imagine how bad the scene was and how hard it was probably to procsses all of these things even when you dont even know about apartheid,

Reflection (Jei)

2023-12-12 12:19:04 UTC

After I listened to stories from Ms Morris, and Ms Zanele. I could listen to both, who lived in the same country, but had a different life. I learned that it was more serious than I thought. I heard that families cried when their sons or daughter didn't come home. And the family didn't know what happened to them and why they didn't come home.I could learn more deeply on the topic and feel more about it. I feel sorry for the people that was in that situation and was being separated by race. I couldn't imagine someone having a good live and others have a difficult life.

reflection on S.A

gr336363_2 — 2023-12-12 12:21:21 UTC

I feel like the book Out of Bounds really shows and its title really show what happened durring apartheid with the semi title of "Seven storys of conflict and hope." Because of the storys that speack about the sharpville massacre and the sweto uprising but those are ballanced out with the storys about hope like one day lily, one day that is about uncle Max telling lily that he cant bring her to the park but one day he will, meanwhile there are people protesting about the abolion of passes act and getting killed. These types of things happened in real life as Ms. Morrises story about the man getting thrown off the train after getting beat up for not being white. I also think that most of Ms. Zanelles storys were the same.

REFLECTION

gr344593_2 — 2023-12-12 12:21:33 UTC

After our discussion, I realized how even after years these moments can severely impact someone's life and scar memories. As I heard these horrifying stories, all I could do was reflect and notice that what I believe is a rare occasion was a sad reality in many other lives. These massacres and beatings made many changes and I can't help but care and listen to the stories and feelings of those influenced by these predominant moments.

Reflection on what Mrs Zanele told us about her life in South Africa.Teresa

gr361106_1 — 2023-12-12 12:22:40 UTC

I think that it´s really important to hear from another person´s perspective while they were both living just 15 minutes away from each other they had different perspectives.It's good for us to hear real stories that happened in someone's life in South Africa during Apartheid and what she's been through.Also a way to help us compare the lives of two people but different races. Something that impacted me is how because they were born there where they lived they didn´t know what was outside the city or township, Because it was just white people only or black people only. So Mrs. Zanele didn´t know that there was a city where there were just white people and they treated differently better, better resources. She thought it was normal. Also, Mrs Morris didn´t know that there was a township just for black people and that they were treated more badly with bad resources.But they both thought it was normal.

reflections of presentations (Ella)

2023-12-12 12:22:57 UTC

as we speak, a bunch of good people, like Ms. Zanele & Ms. Morris are trying to help the world. And I know this because, Ms. Zanele traveled the world to get to this place and try to help people for learning, so she can stop bantu education. And I must say she reallly inspired me. When she spoke, it was not something boring, I was curious, I wanted to ask a hundred questions, did she know Ms. Morris? how did the bantu education feel? did one of your family members participate in the sharpville massacre? why did you decide to go to Brasil? was there others events that the world did not know about? since you felt it was a normal world, how did you feel when apartheid ended? Did you know about the laws? did your mom, dad or any family meber go to prison for not doing anything? as you can see I wanted to ask a lot of questions,and I still have more.I did not want her too feel unconfortable with the questions, because i know you went through a lot. I am really inspired by Ms. Zanele, Ms. Morris, and all those people that tried to stop apartheid. And I am proud to have some people good in this country.

My reflection after Ms Zanele's story(Bruna)

gr344935_2 — 2023-12-12 12:22:59 UTC

My thinking changed after listening to both perspectives of apartheid. I noticed the diffrent life styles of both Ms Morris and Ms Zanele, also diffrent homes, and schools even though they lived only 15min away from each other. Another thing that got me thinking was how Ms Zanele didn't understand that white people were having better opportunities. I didn't know that it was possible. Also how sometimes family members or people they knew didn't come back, and both of them were left with no explanation. Another thing I noticed was how music was really important and really mattered to change apartheid and to bring diversity and to transport a message. Another thing that I believe is really interesting sports were an unique way to include South Africa to the world and was a way to welcome them. Now I think to myself " How would I feel if I went through apartheid?" " How my life be impacted if I was there?"

Reflection - Nina

gr360082_2 — 2023-12-12 12:23:37 UTC

The world will always be unequal, cruel, and unfair. But one thing we can do. Learn how to be empathic. The harsh decisions taken for power are reckless. The feeling of being classified not because of your life experiences and personality but by race is horrible. All around the world individuals disagree with each other because of politics and presidents. On the other hand, those with the right to vote for injustice. Simply because they want to be on top, to be able to step on the ones who never had a choice. The fight is never endless but if we are "Awethu" forever, we can fight head on the problems that are ahead. So let's unite. Let's join hands, "Ubuntu".

Reflection ( Luca Lepski / Espacito )

2023-12-12 12:24:24 UTC

By the experiences of Ms. Zanele and Nelson Mandela, I changed a lot of my thinking about apartheid. In the beggining I thought Nelson Mandela would be bitter and do the reverse apartheid. But he showed forgiveness and thought in how the countrey would go foward if he forgive the boers. And ms Zanele Also showed forgiveness by working at a school as a librarian with mostly white people.

Reflection of stories (Enrico)

2023-12-12 12:25:21 UTC

I think that the stories that were told to us were very important to learn about becasue some of these actions still happen nowadays and one of the examples of this is that photo Ms.Morris showed us from 4 years ago about that black man being brought away by the police because they thought he was doing something bad. Also to reflect on the past it must have been really hard to be a non-european during apartheid. And growing up even as a child having to endure all these laws. Discussing about these events in a circle to make sure we understood why this was important. I can imagine families crying because there family members were identified as a differnet race as them so they couldn't live together.

Reflection of presentation

gr346209_2 — 2023-12-12 12:25:41 UTC

My name is Zanele Mnguni, I was born in a township called Clermont, in 1975, my mother worked in Westville, as a maid.

When I was younger I couldn’t understand why I need to live on a simple village, and go to a simple school because I was so innocent, But when I started growing up I started to understand what was happening with my country, that a black and a white family didn’t have the same rights.

reflection

gr350502_2 — 2023-12-12 12:25:58 UTC

our time with ms. Zanele yesterday gave me a diffrent point of view of some lives in south africa. The books that we have read and storys told us about the big events and the sad ones, but what i got from ms. Zanele is the after math. Even though there were still laws and injustice but some things had gotten a little bit better. As an example ms. Zanele said that her school was in Zulu and not Africaans because the bantu education act had gotten better. in the book we saw the bantu education act ended in protests that lead to bad things. there was a big diffrence because of time and its easy to notice.

Reflection(gabi)

2023-12-12 13:23:23 UTC

when we were with Miss Zanele I saw things from another point of view of what had happened in South Africa how people were treated and lived and how people were unfair when we were reading out of Bauns I did not. think it was this cruel and unfair but when miss zanele came it was very different than the book it felt like the book was hiding something.

Reflection (Max Bustani)

2023-12-12 13:27:17 UTC

The stories that we were told I feel like they were like important life lessons because they showed the inequality between the daily lives of Ms. Morris and Ms. Zanele and how they had different schools, they lived 15 minutes apart and their houses were different. There was a stadium where people played rugby and Ms. Zanele did Track and Field and now the field is all renovated and nice.

Reflection of Presentation

2023-12-12 13:29:17 UTC

When we were with ms. Zanele and ms. Morris I saw that aparheid inflenced people a lot. The story they told us was at the end of apartheid and even then you could see how unfair it was. The storys ms. Zanele told us gave me a more clear understanding that apartheid impacted peoples lives a lot. When ms. Morris told her storys you could see how the situation was different and how she was treated a lot better just because of her race.Overall I think it was a wonderful expirience in which I learned a lot.

Luiza

Eunyu

2023-12-12 13:29:40 UTC

I already knew that in apartheid, people had a very different life. From education to work, and to privileges. However, I didn't realize how much that impacted in life. For example, I knew the passbooks were like chains around the black people, but I did not realize just how much. If a black person did not have his/her passbook, they could be beaten up, sent to jail. Even worse, they would not be heard ever again. What's ironic is that Mrs. Morris and Ms. Zanele lived about 15 minutes away from each other. Moreover, the difference was their education. Mrs. Morris was in a school like Graded, with multiple teacher, helpers, and substitutes. Ms. Zanele on the other hand, had a Bantu Education way: there were about 100 students in each grade with only one teacher in every classroom. This made me think how much different a 15 minutes away from each other could change their life.

Jiah

2023-12-12 13:29:49 UTC

After Ms. Zanele told her story, I could imagine how people could have different

lives when they were only fifteen minutes away.

The thing that surprised me thee most is that the black people and the white people never knew what was happening to the others.

Ms. Zanele didn't understand the existence of apartheid and Ms. Morris didn't know why there were separate amenities for people.

TOMAS reflection

2023-12-12 13:29:58 UTC

Through the unit, I felt a mix of feelings mad at the laws that oppressed the people of South Africa. But the hope of learning things can change. But this presentation hit me and others harder than any fictional story. I always knew but never deeply thought about these real people suffering. Although it did do something it gave me hope knowing about people protesting inside and outside of South Africa.

Reflection of presentation-Somin

2023-12-12 13:30:21 UTC

As Ms. Zanele talked about her long story, I heard that Ms. Zanele was persuading or talking about her brutal story that makes us know the differences of her childhood story and ours. She also talked about one of the laws that is Banutu Education Act to more other experiences. She could have shown us more information that she had knew more, but in the other hand, she tolded about her educaton that was bad for her. For example, there was no library or other place, and there as 72 student in one class with one teacher, and when they had a science experimence or other things they went ot the library, because the school was small to fit 72 students.

Maximillian Reflection

2023-12-12 13:30:31 UTC

The presentation showed the vision of two different people who were part of Apartheid. These people are Mrs. Morris and Ms. Zanele.

Mrs. Morris is a white woman who was born in Durban, South Africa who studied in a girls only school.

on the other hand, Ms. Zanele is a black woman who was born in Clermont, South Africa who studied in a small cramped room with many people who were all black and learned in Africaans.

Refelction Presentation | Malu Gray

2023-12-12 13:30:51 UTC

When Ms. Zanele told her point of view as a child in the end of apartheid has made me think diffrently, I truly see the diffrence between her life and Mrs. Morris. It has made me think diffrenlty on how hard it must have been. It showed me that apartheid has ended and diffrente laws have been accored but, the pictures showed how the money and powered people has not completly changed. I still wonder how both lived 15 minuets away but had completly diffrente expiriences in life. I always new that aprtheid was something terribly bad but not to ruins someone life completly because they have a diffrente skin tone. And now I see how many lifes it has ruined and killed.

Reflection of the time with Ms.Zanele

2023-12-12 13:30:56 UTC

After the presentation of Ms. Zanele and Ms.Morris, my thinking changed a little because even they lived 15 minutes away, their life was so different. It also felt little different but same with the book because the book has some more drama and building tension so it's more fictionary. But the real life is sometimes worse and some better, and I think that's because they weren't in the exact apartheid time because in the book we read from 1948~1976 so their experience would be closer to the stories after the stories we read. I was also so surprised about the Bantu education because I knew it wasn't good but it's like whole 6th grade in one class.

Reflection of presentation (Injun

gr3600771 — 2023-12-12 13:31:10 UTC

I think it was really a good time when Ms. Zanele talking about her life before in south Africa. I learned that there were a lot of differences between Mrs. Morris' life and Ms. Zanele's life. They lived really close but it was all different. White had more adventage and black didn't. Finally Nelson Mandela ended apartheid. This unit was kind of challenging to me but it was usefulll.

Reflection (Joy)

gr346511_6 — 2023-12-12 13:32:41 UTC

Yesterday, I heard an amazing story of Ms. Morris and Ms. Zanele. I was grateful to hear two different perspectives even though they live 15 minutes away, they had such different experiences in their life before. I didn't know I would hear real stories in front of me from two different perspectives even though they lived and grew up in the same place. Even though it would be a hard topic to share their lives, I want to thank Ms. Morris and Ms. Zanele for sharing their stories.

Having Ms Zanele with us was a Good opportunity because we got to ask questions about how Ms Zanele's life was during apartheid. Her being there explaining her life probably gave most of us a good understanding of her life during a depressing time, and us having the opportunity to ask questions gave us a better understanding of how she lived her life. It is very mindblowing to hear from someone in person their story about their experience in apartheid, and it it is truly facinating.

2023-12-12 13:32:47 UTC

Reflection

gr360049_1 — 2023-12-12 13:34:06 UTC

Yesterday was an amazing experience. Two people, Mrs. Morris and Ms. Zanele, who grew up in South Africa during times of apartheid came and shared their childhood experiences with us. As soon as they started talking I instantly noticed how different their lives were when growing up only 15 minutes away from each other. I found that Mrs. Morris grew up with a very healthy lifestyle: A good education, a nice house, a nice library, and amazing amenities. On the other hand, Ms. Zanele had a harder childhood: poor education with only one teacher per grade, unused library, 2 bedroom house, and less choice in everyday life. They shared stories about their childhood and the horrible things that they saw or experienced at a young age. I was truly able to understand how much apartheid really impacted the lives of certain individuals and how the government restricted the movements of activists. Along with realizing what the government was doing to keep people from realizing the real reasoning behind this horrible act by gaslighting the population, especially children, to make sure that nobody stood up against them. Yesterday was truly an amazing experience I feel that I have grown and learned so much, about South Africa, from Mrs. Morris and Ms. Zanele.

Majo

2023-12-12 13:34:11 UTC

Yesterday, when Ms. Zanele came When Ms. Zenele talk to us, it make me think that apartheid was more difficult than we can think. I heard that Ms. Morris and Ms. Zanele lived 50 minutes far to each other but when Ms. Zanele showed us the pictures of how was her school, when she told us that she only had 2 bedrooms where she lived and Ms. Morris when she showed to us the pictures of her school, her house, there was a really big difference just because of their race. They weren't guilty of that, but what I am trying to say is that the government had to separate, treating people different only because of their race. It shows me white privilege. I also notice that for Ms. Zanele was hard to talk about this topic because apartheid was something that affect a lot of people in South Africa and Ms. Zanele lived that.

Reflection

gr331583_2 — 2023-12-12 13:35:23 UTC

Our time with Ms. Zanele gave me a vision of something I did not didn't think about in South Africa. how the natives and other people were treated unfairly. I also noticed the inequality between the life ms Morris grew up in and the one Ms. Zanele grew up in. I also think it showed an important life lesson in all of this. I also noticed the different homes schools, etc. but they still only lived 15 min apart. I think that yesterday we got to see white privilege and compare it to other races.

Reflection

gr335360_2 — 2023-12-13 11:47:19 UTC

Having someone's perspective, who actually lived through apartheid was fascinating. Having the perspective of 2 people was even better, especially because Ms.Zanele and Mrs.Morris had very different experiences, even just living 15 minutes away from each other. I already knew things about apartheid and how horrible it was, but hearing real life stories improved my knowledge. Even though they lived in the same country, they had such different lives. Ms.Zanele went through the end of the Bantu Education act, because she was in school in the 80's, which was the end of apartheid. Her mom was a domestic worker where Mrs.Morris lived, and her dad was a gardener. Mrs.Morris went to a better school, a bigger school, it was also an all girls school. This shows how different their lives were just because of their race in South Africa.

Reflection (Nina R)

2023-12-13 22:34:32 UTC

In this unit, I have learned about unfair treatment and hope. Often, I have come across examples in books, short stories, or real-life people who took action during difficult times, such as Nelson Mandela. However, recently I watched an interview of two individuals who lived in South Africa, just 15 minutes apart from each other, and yet experienced a completely different life.

Mrs. Morris resided in Couloured Hill, an area exclusively designated for white people. On the other hand, Mrs. Zanele lived in Clemont, a locality only meant for black, Indian, or native people. Mrs. Zanele had to undergo the Bantu education system, where several children were crammed on a few benches with only one teacher to teach them. Zanele said something that had a significant impact on me: "I used to think that the situation was normal and okay. I had no idea that there was a white school, and I never had the opportunity to visit it before going to college." While listening to her speak, I couldn't stop myself from wondering how she would react if she knew about the harsh realities of the past. My mind was filled with questions. Zanele mentioned something sad but unfortunately true - black South Africans were sent to prison if they failed to leave before their curfew.

Adding on, I have noticed how innocent people were judged just for their skin color, and kids were killed for representing their country. Dancing is part of their culture, and they are forbidden to do that! Why? How? Unfortunately on March 21, there was a Shapville massacre and 108 were injured and approximately 69 people died. We learned what Ubuntu means:

"Ubuntu" is a term that means "I am because we are". It embodies the idea of bringing people together. Often, we tend to think of ourselves as individuals, disconnected from each other. However, the truth is that we are all connected. What we do has an impact on the world, and when we do good things, it benefits all of humanity.

During the apartheid era, people committed inhumane acts.