Question

What do you mean by Apartheid ?

CBSE Class IX Social Science VSA (1 Mark)

Answer 1

Apartheid was an institutional discrimination on the basis of race and color. It was practiced in South Africa ( late 1940s-1990s) where the authoritarian political culture was based on white supremacy and oppression of Non-European blacks.

Under the apartheid system, the Non-Europeans were discriminated socially, politically and economically for the benefit of European white minority in South Africa.

Answer 2

Answer:

Apartheid refers to the official policy of racial separation and ill-treatment of blacks followed by the white government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989. This practice of racial discrimination remained for the longest period in South Africa.