Apartheid
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This is a photograph representing apartheid.
Apartheid is legal segregation as in it is not illegal to discriminate someone because of the way they are.
The Apartheid policy extends back to the beginning of white settlement in South Africa. The policy was referred to as 'separate development'. It was made possible by the Population Registration Act of 1950. It categorized all citizens as white, Bantu (black African), or colored (mixed race). The system of Apartheid was enforced by a series of laws. The Bantu authorities’ act of 1951 and the promotion of Bantu self-government act of 1959 made these divisions between races by creating ten African 'homelands'. They were administered by what were supposed to be reestablished 'tribal' organizations. The Bantu homelands Citizenship Act of 1971 made every black South African a citizen of one of the homelands. Most of the homelands lacked natural resources, were not economically viable, and both being small and fragmented. In 1961 South Africa was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth by member states that were critical towards the apartheid system. In 1985 the Governments of the U.S and Great Britain imposed selective economic sanctions of South Africa in protest of its racial policy. As more people started standing against apartheid pressure was building inside of South Africa and outside. The South African government was led by President De Klerk and he began to dismantle the Apartheid system in the early 1990s. In 1994 the country's constitution was rewritten and South Africa began reconstruction.
The Apartheid policy extends back to the beginning of white settlement in South Africa. The policy was referred to as 'separate development'. It was made possible by the Population Registration Act of 1950. It categorized all citizens as white, Bantu (black African), or colored (mixed race). The system of Apartheid was enforced by a series of laws. The Bantu authorities’ act of 1951 and the promotion of Bantu self-government act of 1959 made these divisions between races by creating ten African 'homelands'. They were administered by what were supposed to be reestablished 'tribal' organizations. The Bantu homelands Citizenship Act of 1971 made every black South African a citizen of one of the homelands. Most of the homelands lacked natural resources, were not economically viable, and both being small and fragmented. In 1961 South Africa was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth by member states that were critical towards the apartheid system. In 1985 the Governments of the U.S and Great Britain imposed selective economic sanctions of South Africa in protest of its racial policy. As more people started standing against apartheid pressure was building inside of South Africa and outside. The South African government was led by President De Klerk and he began to dismantle the Apartheid system in the early 1990s. In 1994 the country's constitution was rewritten and South Africa began reconstruction.