Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

In room eight we have been learning about a man called Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela is from South Africa. Nelson is the reason why we have race relations day because he fought against white supremacy, segregation, and apartheid. Nelson won the Nobel peace prize in 1993.

He was born on the 18th of July 1918 and he died on the 5th December in 2013.

Firstly, Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid and segregation. Apartheid means when the whites in South Africa have good lives while the blacks are being treated unfairly and live in pain. Segregation means when one group of people are separated into groups based on race. I think it's not right to treat people unfairly and give whites a better life than the blacks just because of the colour of their skin are different. There is no reason why they cannot share their rights equally.

Secondly, Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, Mandela shared the Nobel peace prize with a man called Frederik Willen De klerk. Frederik Willen De klerk was the president of South Africa. They won the peace prize because they both fought against apartheid and segregation. I think that they deserved to win the Nobel peace prize.

Finally, Nelson Mandela was against white supremacy. In South Africa, Mandela was against white supremacy because he didn't think that was fair. The whites got all the privileges. The whites got big houses, electricity, proper lives and proper roads. Mandela also thought the blacks shouldn't have to live in tiny hovels with none of the things that the whites received. He didn't think it was fair based of the colour of their skin.

In conclusion, how we recognized Nelson Mandela is that he won the Nobel peace prize and made a difference to this world today. Mandela was very important in the way he stood up for his rights and those of his country. What he accomplished affects us today, in that everybody has equal rights no matter what the colour of their skin is.