answersLogoWhite

0

Apartheid was all about racism. This was a South African policy designed to keep people of different races (according to their definition of what races were) seperate from each other. That's what the "apart" in apartheid is all about. White people lived here, used these facilities and associated with the other white people, while the black people lived there, used those facilities and associated with the other black people and the coloureds (those people that didn't fit into the definitions of either white or black) lived in a different place, used different facilities and associated with the other coloured people.

Of course this policy had two nasty effects: it enabled the white people to ensure that only white people got to use the good stuff, and at the same time, by constantly reminding people of their supposed racial status, it encouraged racial hatred.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?