RARE PROJECT

(RARE – REASONED, ARTICULATE AND REFLECTIVE EXPOSITION)

Name- DANIYA MANSOOR ALI MAMTULAY

Date – May 29, 2021

Skill – ARTICLE

Topic - “Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by
the actions of human beings” Nelson Mandela. “Elucidate the given statement with reference to the
struggle for human rights. 
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(RARE – REASONED, ARTICULATE AND REFLECTIVE EXPOSITION)

“Povrty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be
removed by the actions of human beings” – Nelson Mandela

I found myself thinking of this quote today as I agree with Nelson Mandela’s words.
Poverty is unnatural and inhumane.

There is nothing accidental or acceptable about the fact that parts of our world live on
$1.25 a day or less ($1.25 a day World Bank definition of “absolute poverty”).

And so many leaders’ past and present have pointed this out to us, yet we still struggle
as a society to break down basic assumptions about class…

The poor are lazy

The poor are less intelligent
The poor are careless and frivolous with whatever money they do get
And for all of us who are people of color there are another set of assumptions…

These assumptions about a “culture of poverty” are tied closely to race as they are based
on the same logic used to justify enslavement, genocide, and brutality of people of color
past and present who were/are considered “other”. “Other” being labeled as “stupid”
“emotional” “lazy” “ugly” “violent” etc.

If we do not start to understand the thoughts and attitudes at the basis of such
assumptions, we will be forever stuck.

I believe the solution is in Nelson Mandela’s words. Poverty “can be removed by the
actions of human beings”. Even as every day we can see signs of the violence of poverty,
we can also find signs of resistance when we look for them.
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https://www.successcds.net/learn-english/class-10/nelson-mandela-long-walk-to-
freedom.html

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