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Apartheid racism. Apartheid (Afrikaans pronunciation: [aˈpartɦɛit]; an Afrikaans word meaning "separateness", or "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood") was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party (NP), the governing party from 1948 to 1994.
Xenophobia in South Africa after 1994. Despite a lack of directly comparable data, xenophobia in South Africa is perceived to have significantly increased after the election of a Black majority government in 1994. [1] Academic Audie Klotz states that following South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994 a new "non-racial xenophobia" has ...
Racism in Africa. Racism in Africa has been a recurring part of the history of Africa. Ethnic pygmy populations in Central Africa suffer from racialized discrimination from Bantu peoples. [1] Pygmies and Bantus differ physically and genetically due to long lasting evolutionary segregation until the Bantu expansion brought them back into close ...
Post-apartheid South Africa struggles to correct the social inequalities created by decades of apartheid. [1] White nepotism remains a considerable obstacle to economic gain and political influence for Black South Africans. [4][5] Despite a growing gross domestic product, indices for poverty, unemployment, income inequality, life expectancy and ...
Kaffir (/ ˈ k æ f ər /), [1] also spelled Cafri, is an exonym and an ethnic slur – the use of it in reference to black people being particularly common in South Africa.In Arabic, the word kāfir ("unbeliever") was originally applied to non-Muslims before becoming predominantly focused on pagan zanj (black African) who were increasingly used as slaves. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 September 2024. South African system of racial separation This article is about apartheid in South Africa. For apartheid as defined in international law, see Crime of apartheid. For other uses, see Apartheid (disambiguation). Part of a series on Apartheid Events 1948 general election Coloured vote ...
In August 2018, Fox News host Tucker Carlson commented that the South African government had disproportionately targeted white farmers during its ongoing land reform efforts due to anti-white racism. He also criticised political "elites", who are purportedly concerned about racism, but "paying no attention" to the "racist government of South ...
The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws. This legislation served to institutionalize racial discrimination and the dominance by white people over people of other races. While the bulk of this legislation was enacted after the election of the ...