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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> blackballed on a global scale for segregation the way South Africa was for apartheid

I’m not sure that’s an entirely accurate description of what happened to South Africa. South Africa was censured by various international organisations in which African nations had significant influence (e.g. the UN General Assembly, the IOC and the Commonwealth of Nations), but Western governments were strongly opposed to doing anything beyond a few token gestures.

Anyway, de jure segregation ended in the US a couple of decades before South Africa, and the US was more powerful and influential than South Africa.