A broken man without a home
Desperate and so alone
A victim of society
No one really wants to see
Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we just help each other
Isn't there enough to share
In another land they still believe
Color grants supremacy
I don't understand how there can be
Regulated bigotry
Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we accept each other
Can't we make ourselves aware
And maybe then the future will be a time
Without war, destitution and sorrow
And hungry children won't have to die
If we work together today, we'll save tomorrow
There's got to be a way
To connect this world today
Come together to relieve the pain
There's got to be a way
To unite this human race
And together we'll bring on a change
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Sandra Laing
Why Did Apartheid Happen?
Apartheid was instituted as a widespread systematic effort to concretize racial segregation and white supremacy in South Africa during the 20th century. It was meant to ensure white control over both the economy as well as the social environment, including how the races could interact and what jobs were available to whom.
Strategies for apartheid began in earnest in the 1940's, when South Africa gained independence from Britain and when ethnically Dutch white forces (Boers or Afrikaners) gained the political majority, despite the fact that they were demographically the minority. Formal apartheid laws were first launched in 1948, but were widened and made progressively more severe by the 1960s with what was ultimately called "grand apartheid."
Almost every corner of life was affected by apartheid laws. Interracial marriage was banned. Additionally, apartheid created a work environment in which many important jobs became "white-only." Black South Africans were allowed to vote in designated homelands, but were barred from any real presence within national elections, so they had absolutely no recourse to changing the system.
During apartheid, the white state granted itself extraordinary powers of police oppression and coercion, particularly in quelling demonstrations launched by black or mixed-race citizens. Extreme violence was common, as was extended imprisonment. The case of Nelson Mandela is a perfect example of the latter.
The social and economic inequality generated by apartheid was staggering, as minority whites owned 87 percent of the land, a 75 percent share of the national income, a 14-to-1 ratio of earnings and a higher minimum taxable income. Infant mortality during apartheid hovered just below 3 percent for whites, whereas it soared at 20 percent for urban blacks. Apartheid finally ended in 1994 with the establishment of a new constitution and the first instance of post colonial nonwhite rule.
* Information found online *
Apartheid was instituted as a widespread systematic effort to concretize racial segregation and white supremacy in South Africa during the 20th century. It was meant to ensure white control over both the economy as well as the social environment, including how the races could interact and what jobs were available to whom.
Strategies for apartheid began in earnest in the 1940's, when South Africa gained independence from Britain and when ethnically Dutch white forces (Boers or Afrikaners) gained the political majority, despite the fact that they were demographically the minority. Formal apartheid laws were first launched in 1948, but were widened and made progressively more severe by the 1960s with what was ultimately called "grand apartheid."
Almost every corner of life was affected by apartheid laws. Interracial marriage was banned. Additionally, apartheid created a work environment in which many important jobs became "white-only." Black South Africans were allowed to vote in designated homelands, but were barred from any real presence within national elections, so they had absolutely no recourse to changing the system.
During apartheid, the white state granted itself extraordinary powers of police oppression and coercion, particularly in quelling demonstrations launched by black or mixed-race citizens. Extreme violence was common, as was extended imprisonment. The case of Nelson Mandela is a perfect example of the latter.
The social and economic inequality generated by apartheid was staggering, as minority whites owned 87 percent of the land, a 75 percent share of the national income, a 14-to-1 ratio of earnings and a higher minimum taxable income. Infant mortality during apartheid hovered just below 3 percent for whites, whereas it soared at 20 percent for urban blacks. Apartheid finally ended in 1994 with the establishment of a new constitution and the first instance of post colonial nonwhite rule.
* Information found online *
One of Shaun Bythell's Favourite Poems
As I Walked Out One Evening by WH Auden
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Bristol Street,
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat.
And down by the brimming river
I heard a lover sing
Under an arch of the railway:
'Love has no ending.
'I'll love you, dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
'I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.
'The years shall run like rabbits,
For in my arms I hold
The Flower of the Ages,
And the first love of the world.'
But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime:
'O let not Time deceive you,
You cannot conquer Time.
'In the burrows of the Nightmare
Where Justice naked is,
Time watches from the shadow
And coughs when you would kiss.
'In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away,
And Time will have his fancy
To-morrow or to-day.
'Into many a green valley
Drifts the appalling snow;
Time breaks the threaded dances
And the diver's brilliant bow.
'O plunge your hands in water,
Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder what you've missed.
'The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.
'Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the Giant is enchanting to Jack,
And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer,
And Jill goes down on her back.
'O look, look in the mirror?
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
'O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.'
It was late, late in the evening,
The lovers they were gone;
The clocks had ceased their chiming,
And the deep river ran on.
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Bristol Street,
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat.
And down by the brimming river
I heard a lover sing
Under an arch of the railway:
'Love has no ending.
'I'll love you, dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
'I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.
'The years shall run like rabbits,
For in my arms I hold
The Flower of the Ages,
And the first love of the world.'
But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime:
'O let not Time deceive you,
You cannot conquer Time.
'In the burrows of the Nightmare
Where Justice naked is,
Time watches from the shadow
And coughs when you would kiss.
'In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away,
And Time will have his fancy
To-morrow or to-day.
'Into many a green valley
Drifts the appalling snow;
Time breaks the threaded dances
And the diver's brilliant bow.
'O plunge your hands in water,
Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder what you've missed.
'The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.
'Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the Giant is enchanting to Jack,
And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer,
And Jill goes down on her back.
'O look, look in the mirror?
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
'O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.'
It was late, late in the evening,
The lovers they were gone;
The clocks had ceased their chiming,
And the deep river ran on.
Creative Writing Task - Thursday 13th December 2018
Five forty-five meeting
Rushing into the coffee shop
Earl grey for her
Dairy-free latte for him
Excited chat
Regarding exercise and diet
In the flat they lay
Cosy underneath the duvet
Kissing
Steam and Cyber
Domestic Goblin learns the difference between steam-punk and cyber-punk
Both are a sub-genre of science fiction.
In laymans terms, steam-punk is normally set in the Victorian era but with characters or items from the future. For example, the episode of Dr Who called 'Deep Breath' was based in Victorian London but had cyborgs and the Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
Cyber-punk is normally set in the future with advanced technology but the environment and the inhabitants look as if if was from the past; a dystopian world. For example, the film 'Blade Runner'.
That's my understanding, anyway...
* Thank you to Spider who taught me the difference many years ago *
Both are a sub-genre of science fiction.
In laymans terms, steam-punk is normally set in the Victorian era but with characters or items from the future. For example, the episode of Dr Who called 'Deep Breath' was based in Victorian London but had cyborgs and the Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
Cyber-punk is normally set in the future with advanced technology but the environment and the inhabitants look as if if was from the past; a dystopian world. For example, the film 'Blade Runner'.
That's my understanding, anyway...
* Thank you to Spider who taught me the difference many years ago *
Abnormal Skincare
The Ordinary
In the autumn of 2018, (after a couple of years of resisting the urge to jump on the band wagon), I have decided to try out this brand of skincare after an Australian dermatologist Dr Davin Lim gave his honest and convincing review of some of the products.
Purchased and in the testing phase:
~ Vitamin C Suspension 30% in Silicone for autumn/winter.
~ Natural Moisturising Factors + HA for spring/summer.
~ 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil for night time.
Next on the 'to-test' list:
~ The Buffet
~ Invisible UV Filters SPF 35 with Antioxidants
~ Moroccan Argan Oil
What products from The Ordinary range have you tried?
March 2019 update: No noticeable differences to my skin.
In the autumn of 2018, (after a couple of years of resisting the urge to jump on the band wagon), I have decided to try out this brand of skincare after an Australian dermatologist Dr Davin Lim gave his honest and convincing review of some of the products.
Purchased and in the testing phase:
~ Vitamin C Suspension 30% in Silicone for autumn/winter.
~ Natural Moisturising Factors + HA for spring/summer.
~ 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil for night time.
Next on the 'to-test' list:
~ The Buffet
~ Invisible UV Filters SPF 35 with Antioxidants
~ Moroccan Argan Oil
What products from The Ordinary range have you tried?
March 2019 update: No noticeable differences to my skin.
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