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What is another name for racial segregation in Africa?

Apartheid was the official name for racial separation, given by the 1948 Nationalist government of South Africa.


What was called the separation of races in the Union of South Africa?

multi cultural


In south Africa what is the system that legalized racial discrimination?

The South African socio-legal system that institutionalized racial discrimination was known as "apartheid". An Afrikaans word meaning " to hold apart" (or, less literally, "separation"), apartheid maintained strict segregation between the white minority and all other races of South Africans


What advocated separation of the races?

The advocacy for the separation of races has been historically associated with ideologies such as segregation and apartheid, which sought to maintain distinct racial boundaries in society. Prominent in the United States, Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation, particularly in the South, promoting the idea that different races should live separately to maintain social order. Similarly, in South Africa, apartheid laws institutionalized racial separation, denying non-white populations basic rights and privileges. These ideologies were rooted in beliefs of racial superiority and were often justified through pseudoscientific theories.


Racial segregation South Africa?

The government in South Africa made a policy of racial segregation against all people who were not white. As well as black indigent Africans, this involved any non-white races. This is called apartheid or a government policy of racial segregation. The man who led the people against the apartheid was Nelson Mandela.Read more: What_was_the_racial_segregation_in_South_Africa

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The Nationalist Party of South Africa called for apartheid which promoted?

racial discrimination and separation


What is another name for racial segregation in Africa?

Apartheid was the official name for racial separation, given by the 1948 Nationalist government of South Africa.


South Africa's legal system of rigid separation between blacks and whites?

Racial segregation


What is the separation of races that operated in south Africa called?

Apartheid.


What country had a system of racial segregation called apatheid?

South africa


What is an apartheider?

An apartheider is a proponent of the apartheid system - the discriminatory policy of racial separation used by South Africa between 1948 and 1990.


What was called the separation of races in the Union of South Africa?

multi cultural


Social separation of two racial groups?

The word apartheid (a-par-tide) fits the definition above. This word is often linked to racial separation that existed in South Africa (and perhaps still exists to an extent today), but it can be applied to other examples.


Who started apartheiding?

The system of racial separation was started by the British after they won the Ango-Boer war in 1902. In 1948, Prime Minster of the new Republic of South Africa Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd and The South Africa government formalized it as the "system of independent/separate development" and it was later called "apartheid".


Who practiced racial discrimination?

South Africa


Legalized racial segregation in south Africa?

Apartheid.


What was the state sponsored policy of racial segregation and legal discrimination against non-whites in South Africa prior to the current policy of South Africa?

The state sponsored policy was called 'apartheid'.