BR2-11; GANDHI

One evening in 1893 Gandhi was on train from Durban to Pretoria. He was in first class. The train stopped at Pietermaritzburg in Natal. A white ma got on the train and saw Gandhi. “Get out of here. Coloreds can’t sit in here,” he shouted at him. “But I have a first class ticket,” protested Gandhi. “I am a lawyer. In England I always sit in first class.” “There are no colored lawyers in South Africa,” said the white man. He called a policeman. “Move to third class,” said the policeman. “Or get off the train.” Gandhi didn’t move, so the policeman threw him off the train. Then he threw his bags off.


When I read this passage, I felt very sad. In the old day, there was racial discrimination in the world. Gandhi fought against England. He suggested rules. I think that these rules are very good. They wanted find out their country. They had to find India. I knew about Gandhi little because when I was junior high school student, I had to study about him and Indians history. This history is sad for me. Indians were bully by other country like England. My opinion is not correct but this is my idea. England might think that Indians have original religion and culture, they were behind the times. So England did like discrimination. Now I heard there are some discrimination in India because tremendous gap between the rich and the poor. I hope that there are no any discrimination in the world. (Hopkins, 2004, P4)


Book:Hopkins, A. (2004). Gandhi. England: Longman.

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