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I see the distinction here. In South Africa you could be a citizen regardless of your race, but how you were treated depended on your race; citizens were not e
by danudey 5y ago
I see the distinction here.
In South Africa you could be a citizen regardless of your race, but how you were treated depended on your race; citizens were not equal.
In Israel, they are trying to prevent people of a certain race from becoming citizens, but once you are a citizen, there are fewer 'official' racist policies even if a lot of the people you have to deal with are outwardly racist anyway. On paper, citizens are (largely) equal.
- chmod600 5y agoIn other words, it doesn't meet the definition of apartheid. You can make an analogy to apartheid. It's up to others to determine if the analogy fits the point you are making though.
- yosefjaved1 5y agoThere is an entire Wikipedia article going over this exact issue. It looks like people have been arguing about this analogy for awhile now. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analogy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_ana...