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apartheid

[uh-pahr-tahyt, -teyt] / əˈpɑr taɪt, -teɪt /
NOUN
racial segregation
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"Apartheid was very harsh to us," Mazibuko told the BBC's Soul Music show in 2015.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

According to a news release from Pomona Divest Apartheid, “the 18+ students sitting in Starr’s office were barricaded in by Campus Safety Officers, who positioned themselves in front of the exits.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

"Slavery was once legal. Apartheid was legal," Neera says in her opening statement.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

Gregory Maqoma I only discovered the African Choir when the exhibition came to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg in 2018.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Apartheid was designed to divide racial groups, and we showed that different groups could work together.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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