Apartheid was still ridiculous, though.
As stated in the original intent, it was meant to separate two diametrically opposed societies so they could live as they wished. Ok, on paper maybe there was some justification there, as native Africans had a much different society.
The problem was that whites still exploited the black population for labor and thus the whole notion of “separation” pretty much was a bunch of BS.
Some folks can’t see the forest fire for the trees....
“Apartheid was still ridiculous, though.”
Was it? Look what has happened since it was Borked out of existence.
“As stated in the original intent, it was meant to separate two diametrically opposed societies so they could live as they wished. Ok, on paper maybe there was some justification there, as native Africans had a much different society.”
Correct me if I was misinformed, but the black tribes involved in this were *not* the tribes living there when the Europeans arrived. They had no ancestral claim to the land.
The blacks demanding that SA and all its assets be taken from those who built it and turned over to them were guest workers who voluntarily came to SA as laborers. What moral or legal right did they have to demand ownership of the country and everything in it, and open season on any whites they might enjoy murdering?
“The problem was that whites still exploited the black population for labor”
Exploited? Exploited? The blacks came to SA begging for the chance to be paid for their labor. And what else are you going to do with a man who has a 65 IQ and no education? Put him to work in quantum computing research?
“and thus the whole notion of “separation” pretty much was a bunch of BS.”
The object was to protect SA from becoming what it has become.