Mandela in his speech says, ''The policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in my country and my people.'' Explain the significance of the…

Mandela talks about decades of oppression and brutality faced by Black people of South Africa. The structure created by white people was hurtful - formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane societies the world has ever known. The prejudice, discrimination created by the Whites – developed a sense of inferiority in the blacks The trauma/ atmosphere of fear for the Blacks