A comment from Dr. Jonathan Mendilow, Chairman, Political Science, Rider University re: "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"

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From: Dr. Jonathan Mendilow <jmendilow@rider.edu> 
To: Dr. Jim Castagnera <castagnerac@aol.com> 
Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 9:07 am 
Subject: Re: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 


Thanks, Jim. Just one comment : genocide was never in question. Unlike what had 
happened in other colonial settings , the question was rather a civil rights one 

. A reason for this is that S.Africa was not a colonial state but a state in 
which a people lived for hundreds of years and had no where to go "back" to. 
Moreover, with the exception of the Zulu to the north, they preceded the black 
population (who actually "voted with their feet" by coming from the north to get 
work, mainly in the service and mining industries ). Moreover, both the numbers 
involved (when one considers the English , Indian community , and mixed race 
Africana speaking group ) and the strength of the state precluded any such 
resolution. This , of course, is not to say that Apartheid was not a horror, and 
that Mandela did not have one of the star roles in its peaceful dismantling. If 
there was something that contributed to my own leaving of that country , it was 
the fear that Apartheid would persist for a long time and end with a kind of 
African Mississippi. I will go see the movie , however, once it is here . See 
you tonight. Jonathan.    

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Subject: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

My review is posted at the link below. 


Dr. Jim Castagnera 
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Subject: RE: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 





Thanks so much, Jim. Beautifully written. 

And it is now posted: http://www.historyplace.com/specials/reviews/index.html 
Caught a big break with the storm as it passed entirely southward of the Boston 
area. 

Best regards, 
Philip