The Start of Aparthied

Apartheid started in 1948 when the first added amendments of the apartheid law came into rule in South Africa. With this new rule, it started the ongoing battle of rights of racial discrimination between the whites and blacks. This discrimination was an aspect of everyday life. It was rapped into every part of everyday, including jobs of high positions as well as good earning manageable positions in the small shops and stores. Blacks were treated as slaves and paid like them as well. The laws prohibited against black and white relationships as well as marriage and contact between black and white families. The 1950 Population Registration Act required the population of South Africa to be divided into three racial categories: white, black (African), and colored (of mixed descent). The organization in charge of this racial classification was the Department of Home Affairs. Those who did not abide by the classification laws were dealt with harshly. These hash ways lasted through the 1980s and ended on a finial note from 1990-1994 when the negations against whites and blacks had started to effect others outside of South Africa as well as the government on the attachment to apartheid. In 1994, apartheid finally ended and with it the abuse and scares of hurt the blacks had to endure during these times.

-Liz D, melanie,katie,megan,steve