8 Quotes About Apartheid

Apartheid is a racially based policy that was practiced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. It refers to the enforced separation of races or ethnic groups. A system of laws and policies designed to prevent people of different races from interacting, living together, or marrying. Apartheid is a word with many meanings Read more

It can be used as a noun to describe any system of racial separation, but it is most commonly used as a verb to describe race-based discrimination, oppression, marginalization, or subjugation.

I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted...
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I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain. Michael Bassey Johnson
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To protest about bullfighting in Spain, the eating of dogs in South Korea, or the slaughter of baby seals in Canada while continuing to eat eggs from hens who have spent their lives crammed into cages, or veal from calves who have been deprived of their mothers, their proper diet, and the freedom to lie down with their legs extended, is like denouncing apartheid in South Africa while asking your neighbors not to sell their houses to blacks. Peter Singer
Division and separation means no harm to the society. It...
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Division and separation means no harm to the society. It makes everyone unique. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Children are being killed, because some "adults" think life is a game. Something is amiss. When children shoot up other children in school, it's a national tragedy, and a week of mourning. When grown men are killing unarmed young, yes unarmed young, it bespeaks the leagues of fear residing in these men's hearts; that they've created a world in which they themselves have become useless. Then it makes front page, and it becomes business as usual. Something is amiss here. If adults don't truly grow up, then their young may never get the chance. . Unknown
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There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence (now called 'state security' in a throwback to both apartheid and the ANC's old Stalinist past), police and communications are all die-hard Zuma loyalists. Whatever their line functions, they will also play the role they have played so ably to date: keeping Zuma out of court–and making sure the state serves Zuma as it once did Mbeki. Mark Gevisser
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I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country. Nadine Gordimer
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Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy. Edward Heath