Anyssa’s Insights

     Since January and the election of Donald J. Trump , African-American and immigrants’ rights have been threatened. Indeed, since the official end of segregation in 1964 , Persons of Color are still discriminated against in America, even today. The movement Black Lives Matter proves this: African-American do not feel welcomed in their own country. According to the Washington Post , 22% of the people killed by the police in the United States were Black whereas the community represents 13% of the population. Legally those murders are legal because of the Fourth Amendment that permits police to use deadly force when there is “an imminent threat of serious bodily harm or death to themselves or others”.      What’s more, supremacist groups are expanding as the international political field is becoming more extreme every single day. Indeed, according to the New York Times, flash demonstrations are happening every week in some cities where neo-Nazis or fas...

  I.  What is Apartheid ?        Apartheid took place between 1948 and 1992 in South-Africa . During those 4 decades, different ethnic groups were separated in their daily life : schools, shops, restaurants, public transports… Coloured, Black and Indian people were segregated. South-Africa was firstly colonized by the Netherlands from 1652 to 1806. Then, the British Empire took control in the country until May 30th 1910, the official independence of South-Africa.      The racial segregation happened in two phases. Indeed, the first phase was “softer”. The different ethnic groups were separated in their lives but still lived in the same city. In the second phase, the communities were even geographically separated. Thus, the second phase created a huge gap between different communities. At Solidary & Unity we try to fill it !  II.  Our project      Solidarity & Unity is a 22-year-old a...