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 think one of the biggest differences was the laws that were written and the percentage white people were of the entire population. In America they were racists but it was not as overt as in South Africa, were racism was literally written into law.

And in America you had a majority white population oppressing a few races which they considered inferior. In South Africa it was a minority white population oppressing a majority black native population, with minority Indian and Chinese population.