Why do we remember this today?
It is important to remember this event in history for many reasons. The main reason for this would be that we never want something like this to happen again. There have been many examples through out history of things happening that we don't want to ever happen again and the main lesson from these is how we can prevent them. For example the South African apartheid was caused by many combined factors, but the main one was that the leading government party was corrupt and actively supported the racial segregation that was happening through out the country.
Another thing that we now know is that protests in other countries need to be noticed and dealt with. There were multiple protests about the injustice, but white people in the country didn't care and while other places of the world did try to do as much as they could for the protests against the apartheid they also didn't push the issue as much as they should have because they didn't want to resort to international violence.
The last thing I think that the world needs to recognize about this violation of human rights is that things like this will always continue to happen for the rest of history but it is the way that we react that stop the next mass violation of human rights. Hopefully brave people like Nelson Mandela will continue to stand up and fight for what is right and eventually the future generations will learn how to grow a greater understanding of the differences in race and culture, and we can continue to grow to be more accepting of one another, because we should always be equal.
This picture shows Nelson Mandela after he was released from prison and after the end of the apartheid
This picture is suppose to symbolize two different races living together.
Pictures
http://storiesbywilliams.com/2013/12/07/a-tribute-to-nelson-mandela-1918-2013/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520
http://yogaformodernage.com/selfless-service-attracts-all/
http://storiesbywilliams.com/2013/12/07/a-tribute-to-nelson-mandela-1918-2013/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520
http://yogaformodernage.com/selfless-service-attracts-all/