apartheid
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Summary
apartheid is a policy[1]. apartheid ranks in the top 1% of policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,212 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd[3]
- Instance of: racism[4]
- Based on: Baasskap[5], racism[6], white supremacy[7]
- Subclass of: racial segregation[8], divide and rule[9]
- Commons category: Apartheid[10]
- Foundational text: Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949[11], Immorality Act[12], Population Registration Act, 1950[13]
- Inception: January 1, 1948[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1991[15]
- Significant event: Coloured vote constitutional crisis[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Apartheid[17]
- Applies to jurisdiction: South-West Africa[18], South Africa[19]
- Described by source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[21], Pax Leksikon[22], Red Blue Translator[23]
- Has effect: Legacies of apartheid[24]
- Has characteristic: Minoritarianism[25], social stratification[26], Internal resistance to South African apartheid[27], anti-apartheid activist[28]
- Manifestation of: racism[29]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q134959916[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[31], WikiProject Human rights[32], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for apartheid include Crime of apartheid[34] and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination[35], a world day[36], founded in 1966[37].
Why It Matters
apartheid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] apartheid is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
apartheid has been cited as an influence by Afrapix[40], a photo agency[41], in South Africa[42], founded in 1982[43].
apartheid is credited with the discovery of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd[44], a politician[45], 1901–1966[46], of South Africa[47]. Entities named for apartheid include Crime of apartheid[34] and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination[35], a world day[36], founded in 1966[37].
FAQs
Who did apartheid influence?
apartheid has been cited as an influence by Afrapix[40].
What did apartheid discover?
apartheid is credited as discoverer of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd[44].