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

Mlk was once asked this question, specifically as it relates to the ANC’s policy on violence. IIRC His response iirc was that apartheid was worse to the effect that he could not condemn the ANC’s openness to violence.