Apartheid+Q&amp;A

=**__Apartheid Questions & Answers__**=




 * //Critical Thinking Questions://**

//The word apartheid means “separateness” in the Afrikaans language and it characterized the rigid racial division between the governing white minority population and the nonwhite majority population, the blacks. In simple term, apartheid is merely a five-hundred dollar word for segregation. Emerging out of South Africa apartheid consisted of numerous laws that allowed the ruling white minority in South Africa to segregate, exploit...........//
 * //**What is apartheid?**//

//The National Party, at the time South Africa’s largest political party, introduced apartheid as part of their campaign in the 1948 elections, and with their victory, apartheid became the governing political policy for South Africa until the early 1990s................//
 * **//How did apartheid evolve?//**

//Under Apartheid, racist beliefs were enshrined in law and any criticism of the law was suppressed. As acknowledged by the United Nations, apartheid was racism made by law. It was a system dictated in the minutest detail as to how and where the large black majority would live, work and die. Under this system segregation unfolded not only in the schools, but in the work force and community as well. In fact, blacks were not...............//
 * **//What conflicts occurred as a result of apartheid?//**

//The laws determined where members of each group could live, what jobs they could hold, and what type of education they could receive. Laws prohibited most social contact between races, authorized segregated public facilities, and denied any representation of nonwhites in the national government. If you opposed apartheid or..........//
 * **//Who has been most affected by it? Why?//**

//On an international level, South African apartheid was criticized by many governments around the world. In fact many countries along side the United States imposed strict economic sanctions on South Africa. It wasn’t until a continued flow of urban revolts continued to erupt the government’s unfair and segregated.........//
 * //**What has brought about changing apartheid policies in South Africa? How?**//

//In many respects, it can be argued that yes, indeed apartheid is alive and well in the 21st century. While not entirely visible, as it was in South Africa up until 1998, to the naked eye, the system of apartheid is gradually evolving into American society, into our schools, communities........//
 * __**Does apartheid still exist today?**__