Students on the Frontline: SA & US Share a History of Protest Against White Supremacy

Derick Matsengarwodzi01:25White SupremacyEvery year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “ bantu education ” system on that...- Advertisement -Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “bantu education” system on that day in 1976.The horror of police shooting and killing unarmed children caused a global uproar. Historian Rico Devara Chapman’s research interests include a focus on the African diaspora’s historical and contemporary struggles for justice, particularly student activism in the United States and South Africa.We asked him about similarities between student revolts under the systems of apartheid in South Africa and Jim Crow in the United States.You draw parallels between Jim Crow and apartheid. Please explain.Apartheid was officially made policy in 1948 in South Africa, designating Africans to “bantustans”. These were the 10 undeveloped areas African people...