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Kaffir boy was an extremely honest tale of what life was like during apartheid. Apartheid was a system designed by Holland settlers to separate the native Africans from their settlers. They conformed them into small ghettos or tribal reserves which where unpractical and unsanitary. Although many people might feel torn about how the story ended. Many people feel he should have stayed or retaliated against his peers. It also leaves people wondering how they would have handled the situation themselves. In this paper, I will discuss what I would have done if I were in the same situation, what I felt he should have done, and some conflicts that were in his way. I personally feel that Mark Mathabane made the right decision in leaving on his tennis scholarship for America. Some people look at this as him trying to run away, flee the country, but I look at it as him being very wise. I think it was a wise decision for him to go to America. Once he was there people would start to notice his skills and admire him, which could help make his views more influential on others. His influence would then enable him to regain awareness to Americans about the cruel treatment of African Americans in South Africa, which would hopefully rai