What is apartheid in south Africa?

Answer 1

Apartheid was a system that began in 1902 after the Boer War(1889-1902) and became a hell in 1958 when President Hendrik Verwoerd made black people live in 9 separate townships in which they had to become a nation of their own which they spoke different languages and if you are caught without a passbook(identification) you will be killed, any dissenters removed, and any one caught out at night will be labeled missing, taken to a room and brutally and excruciatingly abused until they were literally begging for death(see sign below). There is a lot more involved (Sharpesville Massacre, Biko, Homelands, Nelson Mandela, 1985 Demonstration, etc.) I hope I was Helpful! :-)

Answer 2

Apartheid essentially meant a heavy, codified form of racial segregation. Blacks and whites were essentially- kept- APART. The word is of Afrikaans ( a Dutch-based language)- origin and means Apartness or state of being Apart. Certain Biblical passages werer taken out of context ( like the one that goes- a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation- A People Set Apart! ( this obviously referred to the Jewish Priestly class some time in the Old Testament.) Apartheid was enforced on all sorts of jobs and there was some paper justification that the Natives could work better at the higher temperatures ( being acclimatized to the surroundings) than the Whites, but the Blacks were on a lower pay scale. An inherently unjust system it is now moribund but not quite extinct. Term is normally applied to South Africa.

Answer 3

The apartheid (1940s-1990s I believe) occurred in south Africa It was basically just like the Civil Rights Movement in the US; the whites were favored over the blacks.