Apartheid was a system of rigid segregation along racial lines, violently enforced against the indigenous populations of South Africa, by a minority settler government:
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/apartheid
Like all systems of violent colonisation, it was an abomination and I'm very proud of the role that the left in Aotearoa played in supporting the indigenous organisations that eventually defeated it.
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Yet there are people who casually throw the word "apartheid" around to describe examples of Tino Rangatiratanga (Māori self-determination). Things like self-management of media, health, education services, open to all. Recognition of mana whenua in local government. Māori co-governance of public services.
I find it curious how these same people are horrified by the supposed "misuse" of "apartheid" to describe the treatment of Palestinians by the state of Israel;
https://newint.org/features/2023/06/05/big-story-palestine-accord-apartheid-occupation-israel
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A new far-right Israeli government’s meddling with the supreme court has Jewish citizens up in arms. But the shredded freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israel’s thumb are still off the table. In the lead story from our May-June 2023 issue, Zoe Holman looks at how the so-called ‘peace process’ has allowed Israel to deepen its colonial project and regime of control over Palestinian lives.
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