One paradox of Chinatowns is that ________. a. few Chinese ...

[folubunmi]

One paradox of Chinatowns is that ________.
 
  a. few Chinese live in them
  b. they are virtually nonexistent
  c. their bright lights and exotic sounds conceal widespread poverty
  d. their thriving areas of business and amusement lack social organizations

Question 2

How was apartheid established in South Africa?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[juicepod]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

In 1948, South Africa was granted its independence from the United Kingdom, and the National Party, dominated by the Afrikaners, assumed control of the government. Under the leadership of this party, the rule of White supremacy, already well under way in the colonial period as custom, became more and more formalized into law. To deal with the multiracial population, the Whites devised a policy called apartheid to ensure their dominance. Apartheid (in Afrikaans, the language of the Afrikaners, it means separation or apartness) came to mean a policy of separate development, euphemistically called multinational development by the government. At the time, these changes were regarded as cosmetic outside South Africa and by most Black South Africans.

The White ruling class was not homogeneous. The English and Afrikaners belonged to different political parties, lived apart, spoke different languages, and worshipped separately, but they shared the belief that some form of apartheid was necessary. Apartheid can perhaps be best understood as a twentieth-century effort to reestablish the masterslave relationship. Blacks could not vote. They could not move throughout the country freely. They were unable to hold jobs unless the government approved. To work at approved jobs, they were forced to live in temporary quarters at great distances from their real homes. Their access to education, healthcare, and social services was severely limited.

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