THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE/DIFFICULTY WAS IN MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MODERN
DAY CHALLENGES AND IMPERIALISM
SOCIAL DARWINISM>>>>WHITE SUPERIORITY>>>APARTHEID>>>>INEQUALITY
CASH CROPS>>>>>CHANGE IN ECONOMY>>>>BLOOD DIAMONDS
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST>>>>DIRECT CONTROL>>>>>CORRUPT/DICTATORIAL LEADERS
Thesis:
Basic:
Imperialism did more harm than good to South Africa.
Better:
Many of these challenges can be traced back to French colonization and their policies.
Best:
The recent occurrences of genocide and the abhorrent human rights in Rwanda is a direct, negative,
result of imperialism.
SUPPORT:
Basic:
Inequality in South Africa can be traced back to imperialism with the creation of apartheid and the
colonization.
Better:
Racial inequality has been present in Africa since the British colonized the country.
Best:
Poverty is far from being the Congo’s only problem, though: it is also experiencing internal conflict and
violence over its mines.
With Belgium’s new rule over Rwanda in 1919, there came a plethora of government and leadership
changes within the country.
This poverty and widening class gap due to the initial crippling of trade under British rule in Sierra
Leone caused great political unrest leading to civil war.