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On Apartheid
Title: On Apartheid
Category: History
Details: Words: 2537 | Pages: 10.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
On Apartheid
Topic
Apartheid
Thesis Statement
Outline
Apartheid
I. South Africa
II. Seperateness
A. Black
B. White
C. Colored (Mixed Race)
D. Asian
III. Segregation
A. Housing
B. Education
C. Employment
D. Public Accomodations
E. Transportation
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"Apartheid, pronounced ah PAHRT hayt or pronounced ah PAHRT hyt, was, from 1948 until 1991, the South African government's policy of rigid racial segregation. The word apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans, one of South Africa's official languages.
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…showed last 75 words of 2537 total…and increased penalties for protesting against or supporting the repeal of a law. The penalties included fines, imprisonment and whippings. In 1960, a large group of blacks in Sharpeville refused to carry their passes; the government declared a state of emergency. The emergency lasted for 156 days, leaving 69 people dead and 187 people wounded. Wielding the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, the white regime had no intention of changing the unjust laws of apartheid.
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