Interracial Ad Leads to Controversy in South Africa

Interracial relationships are not just controversial in the United States but also in South Africa, especially with its history of apartheid.

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Group Calls Nelson Mandela a "Bloodthirsty Terrorist"

Nobel Peace Prize winner and first democratically-elected South African President Nelson Mandela is denigrated as a terrorist by Youth for Western Civilization, a group still grumbling over post-apartheid South Africa. YWC believes multiculturalism is the end of Western Civilization, and it is currently a co-sponsor of the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference.  

Check out the full list of CPAC sponsors, it might shock you.

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Sad fact: It took until 2008, for Nelson Mandela to be removed from the U.S. terrorist watch list. Thankfully President Bush signed a bill waiving travel restrictions for Mandela and all members of the African National Congress who worked to end apartheid.

Oprah's Academy Holds Its First Graduation

Oprah Winfrey opened her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls for underprivileged South African girls in 2007.  Now 72 out of the 75 original girls are graduating with the help of her $40 million donation Saturday, January 14, 2012. South Africa is a nation still struggling from apartheid, and Winfrey has been committed to change the lives of those South African Woman.  

"Every single girl is going to leave here with something greater to offer the world than her body."                                                                                      --Oprah Winfrey

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