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{{wiktionary|apartheid}} | |||
*''']''' is an ] word coined to describe ]'s ] governent's policies of ] from ] until the early 1990s. | |||
''']''' was a system of racial segregation in ]. | |||
'''Apartheid''' may also refer to: | |||
The term has entered international concsiousness to such a degree that it has been used to describe, by ], various situations of alleged institutional ] beyond South Africa's borders. | |||
* ], defined in international law | |||
*''']''' is a term used by some left-wing critics of ]'s policies towards the ]s. | |||
* ], international treaty to prevent apartheid | |||
**The ''']''' is a term used by the same critics to describe a barrier being built to seperate Israel from the ]. | |||
* ], in regards to the Israeli government policy towards Palestinians | |||
**] | |||
* ] | |||
== Uses in non-racial contexts== | |||
*Some ]s have argued that the ]se laws (in Spain) that don't acknowledge full officiality to the ] are a form of apartheid. | |||
* ], economic and social discrimination because of gender | |||
* ], argument that the global order imposes a kind of apartheid on people from the Global South | |||
* ], the concept that people can be deprived of meaningful work through segregation | |||
* ], separation of people according to their religion | |||
* ], segregation on the basis of class or economic status | |||
** ], various aspects of economic inequality in Brazil | |||
* ], the denial of modern technologies to Third World or developing nations | |||
*Supporters of ] also call its illegalisation "apartheid". | |||
*''']''' is the view that rich democratic Western nations are acting in much the same way as white South Africa, by exploiting or ignoring the plight of people in developing countries. It is defined as "an international system of minority rule whose attributes include: differential access to basic human rights; wealth and power structured by race and place; structural racism, embedded in global economic processes, political institutions and cultural assumptions; and the international practice of double standards that assume inferior rights to be appropriate for certain "others," defined by location, origin, race or gender." | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:25, 15 September 2024
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa.
Apartheid may also refer to:
- Crime of apartheid, defined in international law
- Apartheid Convention, international treaty to prevent apartheid
- Israeli apartheid, in regards to the Israeli government policy towards Palestinians
- Allegations of apartheid by country
Uses in non-racial contexts
- Gender apartheid, economic and social discrimination because of gender
- Global apartheid, argument that the global order imposes a kind of apartheid on people from the Global South
- Occupational apartheid, the concept that people can be deprived of meaningful work through segregation
- Religious apartheid, separation of people according to their religion
- Social apartheid, segregation on the basis of class or economic status
- Social apartheid in Brazil, various aspects of economic inequality in Brazil
- Technological apartheid, the denial of modern technologies to Third World or developing nations
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