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How does racism in South Africa compare to racism in America?

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From my limited experience living in both countries (mostly in California and Western Cape), South African had bigger problems with racism. Segregation seemed more significant, even languages spoken differed among ethnicities. Of the 11 South Africa’s official languages, 9 - all except English and Afrikaans - are Bantu languages. read more

Many South Africans believed that the United States is different from their own nation—that it had put its struggles with racism behind it—until Charlottesville happened, and people on the tip of the African continent realized that the United States, like South Africa, continues to battle the terrible scourge of racism, something made even more difficult when both nations struggle under questionable leadership. read more

A comparative study by trade union Solidarity confirmed that South African media give more attention to white-on-black racism; it also found that the South African Human Rights Commission is much more likely to self-initiate investigations into white-on-black racism, and is more lenient in cases of black-on-white racism. read more

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