they would be degraded to the habits of the aboriginal Natives, & a generation hence, between the progeny of the Indians and the Natives, there will be very little difference in habits, & customs and thought.

Source: African & Black History

Was Gandhi racist? Does being non-violent exonerate him?

were "classed with the natives of South Africa," who he called the kaffirs, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians.

•In a petition letter in 1895, Gandhi expressed concern that a lower legal standing for Indians would result in degenerating "so much so that from their civilised habits, /3

to prove to the British rulers that the Indian community in South Africa was superior to native black Africans.

•One of the first battles Gandhi fought after coming to South Africa was over the separate entrances for whites and blacks at the Durban post office.

•Gandhi obiected that Indians /2