Some students visited high schools and others spent time with terminally ill patients. Others played ball games with disabled students in gym class. At the end of each day, they returned individually to host families' homes. According to George School students and their teachers, racial divisions are pronounced in South Africa. People are considered black when they are related to tribal Africans.
Blacks usually have the least amount of funding for education and housing.
Many mulatto people fall into this category. The coloured schools and towns that the George School students visited were better funded than the black townships. Years ago, the apartheid government placed the non-white South Africans on land according to their race. White people took over the land in areas such as Cape Town where the native people once lived. It's like a traffic jam, but with houses.