What were the major differences between South African apartheid and American segregation?

Question

Moreover, why wasn’t the United States blackballed on a global scale for segregation the way South Africa was for apartheid?

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Answer 1

I don”t know how significant it was compared to other things mentioned, but South Africa was much closer in time to foreign colonization, lots of European control, banks & trade. The US you have to go a long time to that (and also the black segregation in the US came a long time after the segregation of the local population).