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| − | '''Apartheid''' (Afrikaans for ''Separateness''), is a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by white minority governments in [[South Africa]] from 1948 to 1994. | + | '''Apartheid''' (Afrikaans for ''Separateness''. Cognate with English "Apartheid Hood"), is a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by white minority governments in [[South Africa]] from 1948 to 1994. |
The government enforced a homeland system and stripped the blacks of their citizenship. The black people living in "white South Africa" were not given any voting right there, but only in the black homelands which were economically non viable areas. Education, health care and other services available to blacks and other colored races were clearly inferior. | The government enforced a homeland system and stripped the blacks of their citizenship. The black people living in "white South Africa" were not given any voting right there, but only in the black homelands which were economically non viable areas. Education, health care and other services available to blacks and other colored races were clearly inferior. | ||
Revision as of 12:31, June 5, 2008
Apartheid (Afrikaans for Separateness. Cognate with English "Apartheid Hood"), is a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by white minority governments in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
The government enforced a homeland system and stripped the blacks of their citizenship. The black people living in "white South Africa" were not given any voting right there, but only in the black homelands which were economically non viable areas. Education, health care and other services available to blacks and other colored races were clearly inferior.
Unfortunately many governments of the western world continued to support the white regime including conservative ones like Ronald Reagan [1][2][3] [4] and Margaret Thatcher.[5] David Cameron, the current leader of conservatives in the united kingdom recently admitted the party was wrong, drawing comments Thatcher's former spokesman, Sir Bernard Ingham, who said: 'I wonder whether David Cameron is a Conservative.'[6]
Nelson Mandela was jailed for attempting to over throw the government.[7]
When the black population of South Africa was given the right to vote in 1994, he was elected President.
Former President Jimmy Carter infamously referred to the Israeli occupation of Palestine as "apartheid."
References
- ↑ http://www.theherald.co.za/colarc/cull/cu140604.htm
- ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/11/1086749892845.html
- ↑ http://newsmine.org/archive/coldwar-imperialism/africa/reagan-supports-apartheid-South-Africa.txt
- ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/06/09/reagans_heart_of_darkness/
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/aug/27/uk.conservatives1
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-apologises-for-thatcher-apartheid-policies-413569.html
- ↑ http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Africa/04/Asmith/Asmith.htm