"Cry, the Beloved Country", by Alan Paton, is a book about agitation and turmoil of both whites and blacks over the white segregation policy called apartheid. The book depicts how whites and blacks can end mutual fear and aggression, and bring reform and hope to South Africa. Apartheid is defined as "a policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of So. Africa" (Apartheid 53). The segregation of Europeans and …showed first 75 words of 1245 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1245 total…talents as they please, and they have no right to prevent others from doing the same. The miners deserved better pay for all of their hard work, and the country of South Africa should not have limited the education of the natives for the benefit of keeping control of the country. Apartheid is not natural, it is man-made, and because of this it can be overcome and eradicated by the good nature of human beings.