Although post-emancipation official racism (of various forms) lasted longer in South Africa (152 years from 1838 to 1990) than in America (105 years from 1863 to 1968), both periods were excruciatingly long and damaging.
South Africa began a similar process under President de Klerk in 1990 (APAN:II:838), leading to the election of President Mandela in 1994, an anti-apartheid black revolutionary who famously described his nation’s transformation as “a small miracle” (ibid:858). The U.S.-which originated as British colonies, whereas the Cape Colony was Dutch-ended legal apartheid gradually, between 19, especially under President Johnson. However, strict enforcement of segregation became a large-scale social institution only after slavery’s abolition, which occurred in South Africa in 1838 (as Britain’s Cape Colony) and in America in 1863 (see Chapter 8). Racially separating people of mainly white European from mainly black African descent had roots in the colonial and slavery periods.
One such legacy was racial segregation, known in twentieth-century South Africa as apartheid (literally, “apartness” or “separation”). By Order Provincial Secretary.” The sign illustrates how, for over 450 years, western Eurasia dominated the globe, creating enduring legacies that continue to shape our societies, our mentalities, and our bodies today. In English and Afrikaans, the smaller text reads: “THESE PUBLIC PREMISES AND THE AMENITIES THEREOF HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF WHITE PERSONS. This racial segregation sign from twentieth-century South Africa illustrates European world hegemony through colonialism.
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