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Comment: Racialism in South Africa.

  • UPSC 1991
  • 20 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Racialism is the belief that humanity divides into ranked races, together with the political order built on that belief. South Africa made it state law as apartheid ("separateness") after the National Party of D. F. Malan won power in 1948. It codified racial hierarchy just as the post-war world moved to outlaw it. In 1991…

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  • Apartheid as a system
  • Explaining it: rival readings
  • The international campaign
  • The moment of 1991
  • Racialism after apartheid
  • Conclusion
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