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So Apartheid. Separation was precisely the core of South Africa's Apartheid policy; the word "Apartheid" literally means "apartness" or "segregation".
by mikro2nd 5y ago
So Apartheid. Separation was precisely the core of South Africa's Apartheid policy; the word "Apartheid" literally means "apartness" or "segregation".
- dragonwriter 5y ago> So Apartheid. No, having a different additional celebrations in addition to the main official graduation ceremony, each of which is open to all, that each celebrate an identity isn’t apartheid. Nor—not, again, that this is what this is—would it be apartheid even if the voluntary additional celebrations were exclusively among people of the particular identity groups. In much the same way that people choosing to have consensual sex is not the same thing as rape conducted as state policy, and just like a couple who both happen to be Black (or both White) getting married to each other isn't the same thing as having anti-miscegnation laws. “Choosing to do something” is not the same as “being denied by the State the option not to do that thing”.