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

Because the US is a highly federated nation, while South Africa was more unitary.

What was par for the course over in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, was increasingly unpopular in New England and California. And to the lesser extent, the Midwest.

If you wanted to escape the brunt of Jim Crow, you just headed up north or out west.