Locate the Origins of Racism in South Africa and Account for the Rise of the Racial Order
Farmers, ancestors of todayÂ’s Bantu-speaking majority, settled South Africa around 300 A.D. (Thompson 10) In 1487, a Portuguese expedition signalled the first of many Dutch and British explorations (Thompson 31). The countryÂ’s agricultural and mineral riches contrasted dramatically with the European explorersÂ’ industrial development (and economic greed), which sadly led to the eventual exploitation of South AfricaÂ’s native population.
