Educational Content: Detroit Black Journal: Featuring Bishop Desmond Tutu, Aired January 15, 1986
Discussion Questions:
- Discuss the nature and history and repercussions apartheid had on South Africans, noting how racial discrimination varied the experience for different groups of people in the country.
- What does Bishop Tutu think about American protest and sanctions against Apartheid in South Africa?
- Bishop Tutu espouses a philosophy of non-violent resistance, however he notes that other groups have decided to respond to the oppressive conditions by retaliating with violence. What is Tutu’s response to these groups? On a large scale which tactics, non-violence or violent retaliation, is more effect for evoking social change?
- Discuss the significance of Nelson Mandela and what he symbolizes for the nation.
Part II
- According to Bishop Tutu, what were the differences between the United States civil rights movement and the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa?
- Discuss the similarities and difference between social, political, and institutional form of racial inequality in the United States and South Africa.
Class Activity
This activity will allow students to understand the sociopolitical factors associated with Apartheid, so that they may gain a better understanding of the history, legislation, and lived experiences of South Africans from a variety of perspectives. First, divide the class into three research groups. The first group should research the South African government under Apartheid, the second should focus on the experiences of black South Africans during Apartheid, and the third will research organizations and individuals that played a significant role in ending Apartheid in South Africa. After the groups have colleted their information have them present their findings to the entire class.
Links
South Africa and Apartheid:
Historical Images of Apartheid
in South Africa United Nations Human Rights website
http://www.un.org/av/photo
African National Congress (ANC)
Historical Documents Archive
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs
Digital Imaging South Africa Southern
African Freedom Struggles 1950 - 1994
http://disa.nu.ac.za/
Bishop Tutu
The Bishop Tutu Peace Centre
www.tutu.org
Profile From Bishop Tutu Peace
Foundation - USA
http://www.tutufoundation-usa
Nobel Peace Prize e-Museum Website
http://www.nobel.se/peace
PBS NewsHour Interview Transcript
1999
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb
Bibliography
Hadland, Adrian. Bishop Tutu , They Fought for Freedom. Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman, 2001.
Tutu, Desmond. Crying in the Wilderness : The Struggle for Justice in South Africa . 3rd ed. Grand Rapids , Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. , 1990.
Tutu, Desmond, and Naomi Tutu. The Words of Bishop Tutu . 1st ed. New York: Newmarket Press, 1989.
Tutu, Desmond, and John Webster. Bishop Bishop Tutu, the Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: A Collection of His Recent Statements in the Struggle for Justice in South Africa , Mowbray's Emerging Church Series. London : Mowbray, 1982.
