Primary Analysis 2

February 12, 1954

“…It must be appreciated from the outset that Apartheid, separation, segregation or differentiation- whatever the name given the traditional racial policy of South Africa- is part and parcel of the South African tradition as practiced since the first Dutch settlement at the Cape in 1652, and still supported by the large majority of white South Africans…

The deep-rooted color consciousness of the White South Africans- a phenomenon quite beyond the comprehension of the uninformed- arises from the fundamental differences between the two groups, White and Black. The difference in color is merely the physical manifestation of the contrast between two irreconcilable ways of life, between barbarism and civilization, between heathenism and Christianity… The racial differences are as pronounced today as they were 300 years ago…

From the outset the European colonists were far out-numbered; there is no doubt that if they had succumbed to the temptation of assimilation, they would have been submerged by the Black heathendom of Africa… Of necessity they had to arm and protect themselves against this ever-growing menace, and how could it better be done than by throwing an impenetrable armor around themselves- the armor of racial purity and self-preservation?

…This then is the basis of Apartheid. Apartheid is based on what the Afrikaner believes to be his divine calling and his privilege- to convert the heathen to Christianity without obliterating his national identity.

…Theoretically the object of the policy of Apartheid could be fully achieved by dividing the country into two states, with all the Whites in one, all the Blacks in the other. For the foreseeable future, however, this is simply not practical politics.”