apartheid
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Kallas twice responded to Saar's comments on Thursday -- via social media and to reporters -- but declined to address the alleged "apartheid" remarks.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
As apartheid, which began to be legally enforced in 1948, became increasingly rigid, jazz music, which was seen as counter-cultural and encouraged racial mixing, was looked down on.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Amid the social inequity and climate apartheid, Fox tries offering hope, preaching about empathy with lines like “sharing is stronger than hoarding.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
She went to work for McKinsey, which sent her to South Africa just after apartheid ended.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
They lived in Tzaneen, a town in Gazankulu, what had been the Tsonga homeland under apartheid.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing apartheid
Born a Crime
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Human Geography - High School
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