Nelson Mandela's Role Model In South Africa

Part 1

Task A

Nelson Mandela was in prison for over 27 years, because he had some political opinions. The South Africa government or the Apartheid did not want the black majority in South Africa to have any power of justice. They could not give the black majority power, then the British people could lose their advantages, more likely the white people could lose their advantages, and they would get killed. Everybody would hate to be in prison for 27 years, they would take revenge. Besides, Mandela did not take revenge, he was using his own words and his own voice, to fight against the Apartheid. South Africa was made by white immigrants, and they had four different racial groups black, white, colored and Indian. Mandela. Was good at giving speeches. He was against discrimination and racism. There aren 't many people that have so strong feelings about equal rights as Mandela. He changed the Apartheid system to an equal system. Nelson Mandela did a lot of things to save his own country and risked his family. If he isn’t a good role model, then no one can be a good role model.

Who do you look to as a similar role model and why?

Muhammad Ali was a boxer, and at the same time, he was fighting for equal rights. Just like Nelson Mandela, or Mahatma Gandhi all of them fought by using their own voice. Which is stronger than violence. Muhammad Ali was also imprisoned by the rulers. The USA did not like Muhammad Ali, so they wanted to send him to Vietnam war. No one thought that a black