Racial Segregation

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tradition and way of life is looked down by English colonists because they consider it uncultured and barbaric. With English control came English law, and with English law came English prejudices. Native Africans are effectively forced to live in an English society where only second rate jobs are available, and where they are always considered inferior. Many native Africans are constantly reminded of this and cannot do anything about it.
The protagonist of You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town is a native South African women who has a child by a white man. The woman, who is only given the alias of Sally Smite, has a traditional western education which makes her rare among her people who have little if any formal education at all. She talks of her upcoming final examination (798) and her "educated voice" (800). Her lover, Michael, is white, highly educated, and "well brought up" (799). They have been seeing each other for two years when she finds out she is carrying his child. ...

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fares from white passengers (792). She observes that only white passengers can sit in the front of the bus. The reason Africans cannot sit in the front is purely , but she feels she can do nothing about it. By involving herself in a relationship with Michael, the protagonist is fighting against racial pressures. She is forced to believe that an interracial relationship is wrong and will not be tolerated by a society that strongly believes integration among different people must never take place.
Sally Smite talks about the "immunity of love" protecting them from the "police with torches" (800). It is not uncommon for a man to love a woman. But in the story You Can't Get ...

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