What kind of compromise was made between the Blacks and whites after South Africa became a democracy?
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The native people of South Africa were blacks and they made up to almost 3/4th of their population. However, a large number of white people had settled there and became the local rulers.
After a new democratic country had emerged, the black leaders urged their fellow black people to forgive the white people for their atrocities.
They wanted to build a country which offered equal rights and opportunities to everyone, irrespective of race, religion, gender or color.
The South African democracy provided its citizens with the most extensive rights, which made it the most progressive Constitution in the world.
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The compromise that the blacks and whites after South Africa became a democracy was the pursuit of truth and reconciliation. Following the appeal of Nelson Mandela, prominent white people who had been involved with discriminating against blacks during Apartheid came out truthfully about their involvement in apartheid. In return, the black people who had been victims of apartheid agreed to refrain from having feelings of revenge against the whites. Instead, they forgave their white oppressors and reconciled with them for the sake of the unity and progress of their collective homeland of South Africa.