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

Comparing South Africa segregation and American segregation is disrespectful to what people in SA endured.

There was no question that being black in the most segregated part of the US was better than being black in the least segregated part of SA.

There is no “greater evil” argument that makes American segregation better, but there is a massive difference between what was happening in the two countries.

This is like asking “why are Hitler’s concentration camps seen as worse than the USs concentration camps.” Because they were orders of magnitude worse. And that doesn’t create an argument where internment of Japanese, Italians and Germans wasnt bad.

It is a question of ignorance of how complete and brutal the seperation was in South Africa.