John Hume Quotes
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.
Hume, John. Interview. Academy of Achievement, 13 Aug. 2002.
The upper socioeconomic classes are generally less rascist then the lower classes in the United States as well as England and South Africa. The counter argument given by the lower classes are that the upper classes have the money to insulate themselves from the negative aspects of desegregation and the lower class whites have to bear the brunt of desegregation. However, in South Africa, the English of all socioeconomic classes were far less enthusiastic about apartheid then were the Boers. The latter were farmers who wanted the land; the former were traders who could succeed even of the Blacks had their land and were given political rights.
Gahdhi’s early career was in South Africa. What makes this quotation very interesting is that it shows Ghandi---one of the great disciples of brotherhood and equality of all men---had a period when he was outraged that Indians would have Blacks (Kaffirs) located in their neighborhood. It illustrates the personal transition that he made from prejudiced, parochial advocate for a particular ethnic group to an advocate and spokesman for all mankind.
“Factions” was the word for political parties then.
The ANC is the African National Congress, the majority political party of South Africa. The Communists of the 20th century espoused the cause of Blacks throughout the world and their struggle for equal rights as a method of recruiting people to their cause. Racists, then as a political ploy, began to refer to all those advocating Black equality as communists. This carried over even after apartheid had ended in South Africa. The same technique was used by American, racist, segregationists to label all those who advocated desegregation as communists, because the Communist Party advocated an end to segregation.
John Hume KCSG was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland, as one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process.
