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Void of Existence |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5622 Void of Existence 19 August 2006 What was race, colour or creed, or was it to religion, such persecution did feed Beyond redemption, as Israelites to the slaughter the father, the son, and holier than though daughter Another brush, this pigment in blood blue, and greed, as to red appointed Stubborn to salvation, Arabic to English the salutation to Greek and Latin adorned As if middle was centre and are came after Eve no one to understand, certainly not to believe South African to black and white in news of apartheid read. Separation and division mathematics to the poor and humble Political in motivation, a dividend defined Who said Christ was God, as to inequality for what were human rights, Chinese to respect The communist and the capitalist to account this world at the end of the rainbow a sure hearted void of existence Apartheid (meaning “apartness” in Afrikaans and Dutch) was a system of racial segregation enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Under apartheid laws, people were classified into a racial group (White, Black, Indian and Coloured) and geographically separated on the basis of the legal classification. South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch in the seventeenth century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners), leading to a period of apartheid based upon race. Following South African independence from England, and power-sharing between the English and Dutch decedents, until the 1940’s, the Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority. Strategists in the National Party creating apartheid as a means to retain their control over the economic and social system of South Africa. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Perhaps not so bold and regimented but this still happens. everywhere. Nice writing. Joyce |
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