Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

My first arcount ~ this came
IN Cape Town while Visiting n the
home n calored family
lin America, "a 80 A Negro
I'm America the Wits said ftd
simply be classified a. Negro
bat here IRA Colorcd al least his
is tho classification given me bg
the Race Classification Board
fIur position as a teacher IN the
p0-called colored school aysiem
In cape flown gave her no aoclh
status IN the community except
upat ahe happened 20 be lighter in
complexion than SOME Of her
noighborH Her husband much
darker than she. ia ~ Indian iss
cent bh had 10 submit 10 tbs
Same classification. irrespective ~
his business holding In The elty.
MY troubles began The wife
said. when tried 10 buy piece
of property IN sa-enlled coiofsd
section IN the Cape Before the
Transaction waa completed ! was
aal,rd % produce papers certifying
my racial status When wis un
able a. do 80 immediately ] was
called before board for question
ing Btni not able 10 produce pap
rfs. was asked 10 bring 10 rela
tiyca Including my children A.
this point, IL became more arr
cult for when my sister appeared
the hoard tried 10 eibBdfy me ~
white and my sister ~ eoiured
The fact that We had lbe same
parents made little difference
Cape Town r0oiting whitor'
Cape rnwu predominantly COD
oFrd in South african terms ~
Fottine whittier all the time
Under the Group Areas Act.
Calotrd and Afuoann arc being
moved to separate neiKhborheoda
dsapna,od Tor Coiareda white A..
ncana are being moved into loca
lions 90 Townships The rpuntryA
81 $50 900 inhabitants are broken
down into the following numbers
Thero are n.805 600 Africans w.
gsl 900 Culereda tal 900 Aaatica
or Indians and 27B0o0o Whites
wtth bxty percent Of the latter
betting Africans npcahing spers
Iai titles OF definitions are given
% this sharp racial breakdown
A. African IN Africans terms
- Native. one who II generally
adopted a. member % any al,
original race or tribe % Africa
A CoiuFed N person who V
not white person or a native
An Amatio, In terms Of the
Asiatir Land Tenure Amendment
Act. IL amy member ~ a race
or tribe whose national home II IN
Aaia, other than Turk OF turin
her ~ the Jewish of the Syrian
race or person belonging 20 thp
race or class knewn ~ the Cape
Maiaya"
The Amlatic may also be- defined
an African terms, as one ~ whoae
parents. or one ur more o. whose
gnndtathera Is an Aslatlc
South Africans say that = white
person 10 ono who IL obviously
accepted as white perpun, but
does not include person whr al
though IN appearance II obviously
white person. IL generally ac'
rrptcd "a colored person
whites Oppose Government Policy
Even die hard South African
whites are heeamina critical Of the
aggregation policies o. the present
Government "VaCe classification
Is too sensitive they any and
the price FOR segregation too eos,
~ whom the lives 81 people are
az stake
In johannesburg las, June q
white man WIS allowed 10 die be
cause an African first .aid mar
was not allowed 20 treat him The
stery was teld BY Johannesburg
ambulance driver pwing car
crash IN which a white man was
injured he was allowed to lay
bleeding In the middle ~ the road
When an African ambulance pas.
sed thr scene and aioppei the
driver was told 70 leave and was
not allowed % help The victin
aicd from loss % hicod
In Port Elisabeth man who
said Ne had hved with Coioreds
all his life WAS Jailed for nine
months by authorities for eontrav,
cnirr the immortality Act A
NNfiAsNf A+h iAAifA Wv AtfN aAANf
crime. insisted that the man wa,
Coi0red
In Cape Town they arr still taik
ina about the man who said he wa
afraid 10 die IN the country Eos
fear ~ racial idrn,ity
Il no longer wish 10 live, nor DC
I wtah 60 die IN this country
belong Ia a white church in tins
community ane have always lived
in a white area Nv friends and
associates arr white attend AL
their functions and their places
81 entertainment II Is the same
with my non
Father Ahhor~ ''Racc Tag
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