In order to examine changes in racist attitudes in South Africa, I shall review South African history and the evolution of the colony itself. As will be seen racist attitudes within a society are very deeprootedand the case with South Africa is no different.

The South African colony originated with the Bantu speaking tribes settling on the land with the current indigenous San and Khoikhoi people. Historic rock paintings and carvings illustrate that both the tribes interacted in a civilised and peaceful way.

Europeans first settled on the cape when the Dutch East India Company established a permanent settlement for the purposes of trade, under the command of Jan van Riebeeck on April 6, 1652.

Embedded in European thinking at the time was the notion of European colonialism, “the subjugation of other people in territorial conquest and black enslavement”. Europeans were very keen proponents of expansion at this time, considering other nations as inferior to Europe, its......

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Title: Racist Attitudes In South Africa
Approximate Word Count: 2092
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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