How did South African Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end? - Thula Simpson
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Explore how Dutch and British colonization of South Africa led to Apartheid, the strict national policy of racial segregation.
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For 46 years, South Africans lived under Apartheid, a strict policy of segregation that barred the country’s Black majority from skilled, high-paying jobs, quality education, voting, and much more. So, how did these laws come to be? And how did this era of institutionalized discrimination finally come to an end? Thula Simpson explores how colonization led to the national trauma of Apartheid.
Lesson by Thula Simpson, directed by Aya Marzouk, Giraffics.
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lies Zulu propaganda why are you not talking about Zulu ethnic cleansing killing the native South Africans
Still Israel apartheid government is commiting genocide of Gaza children's 🇵🇸
should've shown it on the start
And as a South African, I can tell you that since the ANC (the national party) took over, crime and corruption is at an all time high. Our currency and economy is the weakest it's ever been and our education system is crippled. Our military service is a joke which together with the currency was once the strongest in the world. Let me not start with the electricity (loadshedding) and water crisis. The violence was definitely not okay back then, but since they took over, what progress have they made...
Point being - nothing got better since the ANC took over. They are 'killing' their own people and the country needs a better ruling party.
I'm South African. I learned most of this from my dad. Schools don't do this part of history any justice. Ask any South African and they'll tell you how the effects of apartheid can still be seen in everyday life. The fight to end injustice still goes on.
Lmao South Africa was a economic powerhouse under apartheid its becoming a failed state under the blacks
But lets cry about 'trauma'
@@deeznutz8320 it is powerhouse? I don't even know what you define as a powerhouse. Having income inequality is a powerhouse. Literally because of the hardwork of the majority of people in south africa, south africa's economy is booming. How does that change in a free state. Their hardwork leads to development better than apartheid.
@@HerMi.Tthank you!
A good economy isn't worth exploitation @@deeznutz8320
Regardless of whether this is true or not, booming economy under apartheid is providing privileges to the select few at the expense of those languishing. It is not possible to justify apartheid.
Due to apartheid, South Africa was banned from playing the World Cup from 1961 to 1992.
In fact in sports like cricket, they are banned to even play a single game for a long time.
In fact they somehow still beat everyone theses days💀💀💀
@@Voomal123we could’ve seen a few wins if South Africa could play. They have loads of potential and maybe in those 17 years they could’ve practiced and maybe win a cup
Did anyone know that at the time South Africa beat Argentina 5-0 while in international isolation?
@@7776odurohey bruv thats craze
You can't really do justice to such a complex issue in under 7 minutes, so it's a little oversimplified, but it does provide a solid introduction to the history. Thank you for making it.
agreed. it was good but very, very simplified.
It’s a very good intro for someone who has never studied the topic for sure
yeah considering this video was factually, and historical inaccurate. clearly showing a bias.
@@Stonemojo1 ehh... that's not what the original comment was saying. It's not "factually" incorrect, it is, just doesn't include everything on the subject, and all the nuances it entails.
@@brandonnguyen6718
They didn't do it any justice because the video is bias anti white propaganda.
thank you Ted Ed. On this day marks 10 years since Mandela's passing. From a fellow South African.
"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." 1997
@@nathanlevesque7812 and they used to call him a terrorist just like how they are calling Palestinians now
you do know this is a bias propaganda piece which is historically and factually inaccurate?
@@nathanlevesque7812
Palestine is a terrorist state. Enslaved by Hamas.
@@lduh9446
No we call Hamas terrorists, and 50%+ of Palestinians support Hamas. So yeah... Gaza is a Terrorist state, and there is no such place called Palestine.
There are so many horror stories of the time that it would just make my blood boil.
How some humans can be so cruel and still have the guts to go to church every Sunday to call themselves the Lord's holy children... 😢
Church?! Pfft. They USED the Bible to PROVE that god demanded separation of races! Perhaps you're too young to remember the NG Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church - European Protestants)? Still sickens me to this day when I am in the East Rand and drive past one.
It never ceases to amaze me that people embrace these Abrahamic faiths knowing that they were spread through the worst violence. These people represent the worst of humanity: immoral, corrupt, inhumane, completely devoid of humanity... but with power, legalise their plunder and genocidal tendencies.
Same. My blood boiled watching this level of demonic behaviour.
Such a shame that the exact same things and worse are happening in the middle east but nobody cares.
It's still playing out in real time elsewhere
Well it’s happening now in Palestine
What a lot of people don't know, and history does not teach, is that Canada had a significant role in the development of Apartheid policy and implementation. As I understand it, SA officials visited Canada and asked how we addressed our "Indian Problem." We told them to give the people numbers (to dehumanize them), make up a law that they need to stay in specific geographic areas (poor quality areas so as to keep them in poverty) and require that they need written documentation from the Indian Agent (most often a White person) giving permission to leave the designated area and, of course, punish them for speaking their own language or practicing their culture. Also, make sure that they dont have any form of Citizenship (to ensure they dont have any civil or legal rights). SA thought this was a great idea and implemented much the same policies there that Canada.
Why is this not known to the public. Why do we keep praising Canada as sweet people who would never harm a fly
English people invented apartheid and genocide. Nazis just copy.
@@robynbrowne1277Because you watch too much American TV.
Well I'm not surprised with that kind of information. After all, most of the laws and articles inside the Geneva Convention were all written mostly due to what Canadian soldiers did in WW1 lol
@@maxmichalik4938 rent free
I'm 100% certain you're posting this in light of what's happening in Palestine. Thank you.
That’s literally nothing like this
nelson mandela himsel supported the palestinian liberation movement, it is literally apartheid and it is exactly like this. a white settler population seizing the land and killing and displacing a native population @@therealspaghetti208
It is like this tho Israel is deemed an apartheid state that illegally settles Palestenian land and segregates them into filth.
@@therealspaghetti208 how is it not? Correct me if im wrong but is an apartheid not when two different groups are judged under two separate laws? When there are 700,000 illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank, when Palestinians have to go through several military checkpoints to get through their day, when pregnant women are forced to give birth at these checkpoints. How is it not similar? Mandela himself has stated that "our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians"
@@vqnillaayt495 they’re literally two separate countries, how would it be apartheid?
Nelson Mandela also said once, "our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
😭💕💕💕
Lol
you forgot the continued: "and without the resolution of conflicts in East Timor, the Sudan and other parts of the world". He didnt tried to make comparison between the issues, but to mention that there are still problems in the world. the people of south africa didnt reject 5 peace accords so your comparison is unfair towards the africans
the Israel Goverment is far worse the SA Apartheid ever was
@@אביחיסופר-ד2תThank you! What's going on between Israel and Hamas and Apartheid in South Africa are not the same thing at all. The audacity to compare is ridiculous.
My mom grew up white in apartheid south africa, most of her side of the family still lives there. It's so incredibly important to me as a descendant of this horrific practice to be properly educated on it, and that's why I appreciate ted-ed's content so much. Thank you for another amazing video, perfect timing, as always.
Yeah and don't forget about palastine ❤
@@Digitalmeniaalso dont forget that modric robbed ronaldo of a ballon dor in 2018 and that hajime isayama rushed the ending
@@Digitalmenia as an American who has seen Palestinians burn and spit on American flags as well as cheer for 9/11 why should I support them? Do you really think that they would support the US and the west after this? Do you think that they would just forgive and forget? No they would not. It would be a strategic failure for me to support them as well as going against the country I love.
@@arishemthejudge6780he robbed messi, goofy
_"My mom grew up white in apartheid south africa"_ And, no doubt, her family old enough to remember will tell you apartheid South Africa was a much, much better place.
The horror in 1960 is called "the Sharpeville Massacre". Many South Africans who were abroad - for studies etc. - were then forbidden to return home especially, those who had publicly expressed their feeling of horror re, what had happened. One of these was Miriam Makeba. At that point, Britain began to issue British passports so that these people could still travel. although not back to South Africa .
And Today South Africa has no electricity, no clean water and is going the same way as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Congo.
@@gevoel8293 go home to London
@@gevoel8293It’s going that way because SA is more equal.
Apartheid was bound to fail because the majority of the population didn’t live in good conditions.
When it ended the bubble burst and the reality of the countries economics were on full display.
@@RSVPrrgo back to living in a hut in the jungle
@@natenae8635Think for the last 30 years the corruption and incompetence aswell.
The timing can't be a coincidence, thank you TED-Ed 🍉
you clearly don't understand what apartheid really is huh.
Different laws for different people. Ranking people by race. Massacring resistance. Displacing civilians. Different court systems for each race.@@ravi_bats
@@ravi_batsIf Nelson Mandela himself could see the connection between apartheid and what was happening to the Palestinians then so can you.
@@beautifulrainbow470I hear many claims and I need to ask, what are the connections? Do you need to be Jewish to run for office? Does being an Arab make you less likely to get a good job? Are jews protected by law while others aren't? If there is connection, who will be our Mandela? How can we create a peaceful Israel and Palestine where no one will be treated unfairly? How can we create equal justice? How can we stop the cultural warfare?
@@Humanresouces this fr. Israel doesn't have apartheid. Discrimination to a degree yes and we need to work on that but not apartheid.
As a Palestinian living abroad am very moved from your history. I can imagine how hard it was and how strong you were for keep fighting for freedom. Today after all this torture youve been through you are are for many countries heroes! ✊🏼🇿🇦♥️
It’s good to learn from history. Wish one day Palestine and other segregated regions can be free from oppression. Though, collective action is needed and Palestine is a very unique scenario than other places that suffered from just western colonialism related segregation.
You are the real heroes!
And Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@@okwatever3582 Palestine oppressed itself... stop killing innocents
@@cornecloete69 you are just like the whites who oppressed the native africans in south africa.
@@cornecloete69 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
We see history repeat itself often, it’s important to learn about this so we understand when it happens again.
its happening right now in palestine
it's happening RIGHT NOW
Only if it's true history. But we ignore history all of the time.
@@rishabhdave4255 it happened in Israel on Oct 7th, Hamas will forever regret their actions.
@@drabberfrog Hamas caused an apartheid on Israel in October 7th? Do you even know what apartheid means, it is not something that happens in just a single day. Hamas didn't limit the rights of Israelis by not giving them the same rights as Palestinians. Meanwhile Palestinians have been living under Israeli apartheid for the last 75 years. They can't walk on the same street as Israelis, they have to live under large amounts of surveillance and occupation. They get arrested for committing the smallest of crimes while an Israeli in the West Bank can easily just murder a Palestinian without anything ever happening to them. That's what real apartheid is. The Hamas massacre was simply a pressure cooker exploding after forcefully being kept under years of oppression, poverty, and apartheid
As a Swati (citizen of South Africa's neighbouring country), thank you for telling our story. A lot of the heroes (today) that were exiled back then were scattered around and between our countries down south. This is history that affects all of us. We too faced a sense of what apartheid was like but the focus has always been on South Africa as our southern powerhouse.
They don't necessarily teach a lot about this history in our educational system, at least not the factual narrative,,, so please keep doing what you're doing.
For my South Africans out there; Amandla Awethu.
Woah they have internet in Swaziland?
Great animation! Not many appreciate the complexity and nuances of this history.
The more the oppressed are pushed to a corner, the more passionate they come. This is something tyrants have always failed to understand.
Exactly look what happens to soviets and western europe also china during Tiananmen square.
This goes to show how effective protests and demonstration really are.
Great informative video
Yes they do. Not for the better all the time.
Only if international organisations that wants to benefit from the chaos of demonstrations and terrorism support it as they did the ANC an SA communist party
But the protest and demonstrations didnt make it end
The pressure from other countries did
And that wasnt because of the protests, but because of the massacres
I guess the massacres were because of the protests
ya the apartheid government would never have let go had the soviet union not collapsed. also, pressure from the US + UK.
it sadly wasn’t really bcs of the protests
@@lm_b5080the protests played a huge role as well as the fighters which were in the guerrilla movement. If it wasn’t for the protests, international people wouldn’t have thought to intervene.
The protests helped to show the world what was happening in South Africa.
PERFECT timing yet again, TED-Ed! 🙂
Yes, nobody wants to talk about white farmers....
@psst..... , quiet, you'll derail their ⬅️st narrative. 🤭🤭
@BenceIlles Yup. That's exactly why TED-Ed did this video! To raise awareness of the plight of white settler farmers!
@ DW, give SA like 5 years and Ted-Ed will be making a video about The SA farmine.
free Palestine
Concise and clear exposition - every thinking person needs to know what Apartheid was/is and why/how it must remain defeated.
Whether it's been defeated is up for debate, but I commend the general consensus
History is a lie to please politicians and the rich. They control you with history.
History is a lie. From the 1800 Europe was doing his best to get all whites out of Africa. The fight against the Boer nation started long ago with the Groot Trek out of the Cape province and later on it was the anglo Boer wars where the Boers fought the British. Not the afrikaners but the Boers. Many afrikaners joined the British, that is where the word “joiners” came from. But today the Boers get the blame, not Britain, the language you love so much. Apartheid laws started with Britain in 1887 already in the Cape schools and till 1961 south africa was a british union under british laws. Aparthei never ever started with the Boer
It often baffles me how people like americans think because MLK had a dream (and got assasinated for it) and mandela got to be president that means apartheid has been eliminated completely
This is all waaaaay to recent to have completely diminished
To remove it from institutions and society takes time
Its not a snap of the finger law says were equal so everything is fine
This isn't taught thoroughly in the country at schools, thank you for this.
Edit: Seems lots of schools did and do cover it, maybe my school was just poop. Thanks for your replies.
Sort of true. You probably hear about it for the first time in high school. Would have to take History as a subject from Grade 10 for it to be taught in any detail
It definitely is taught, just not in detail like it should be. About the only thing you wouldn't learn thats in this video is how close ties the ANC had with communism. It's not a connection they like to advertise.
@@aguynamedtriton Rural public high school in 2007. We did the French revolution, WW2, then the Sharpville massacre and election briefly, and that was it. I didn't take history in Grade10 though.
@@pauladrigwe2521 Ah, I did not take history, but shouldn't this stuff be taught early like how the Germans teach WW2? I don't think I should have to choose between learning about my country's history and choosing subjects that may get me employed.
@@cDogRage would that our system were better. I learned most of what I did through English projects, so I guess it's up to the teachers and how well equipped they may be?
Timing of this subject couldn't be better. 👍
she was 9
@@richarddawkins4607 I was talking about apartheid.
Yes and the conflict between Israel and Palestine should end exactly like how Apartheid ended.
By making peace and by both sides living together in peace.
@@DefenseOnTitanno such thing as peace. We are greedy violent creatures and it’s in our nature to be selfish and use others.
@@DefenseOnTitan Tell that to Israel. And do not say Hamas. They are not the root cause nor the current cause of the apartheid regime and its violence. It serves only as a cheap all-encompassing answer to moralize Israel's actions that takes away from the fact that children are dying by the thousands. Yelling Hamas at everything doesn't change that fact, it just prolongs it.
Another really informative video complimented by an incredible animation style. We're really lucky to have this for free.
People need to do their own research
@@mryeet17boy74 Having unbiased (partially but mostly) source such as Ted-ED is a bless to any individual, you can do ton of research and only read some propaganda, idk the purpose of your comment, just flexing the new narrative of the 21st century, yes, for your surprise, people who watch Ted-ED also love to do their own research, thank you and bye ;-;
As a fellow South African, thank you for the video 🇿🇦.
Hey I have a question. How are the majority of white south africans? Are they racists or nice? I lived in Mauritius for a while where there has been a huge number of white south african immigration in the past decade, and I have to say they mostly stick to themselves. Like there's a pretty nice region in Mauritius where most people living there are white south africans, and I haven't really seen them trying to integrate to the Mauritian society
@@johnpaul4301Hi John Paul, as a white South African who left SA, I can say this happens pretty much everywhere. If you’d take the Chinese in SA for example, they don’t necessarily integrate. Here in Singapore they have American clubs, the French schools etc. Some people are adventurous and love to meet people from everywhere and others like to stick to what they know. For me, moving to another country because I didn’t feel welcome in my own, made me want to stick to other white South Africans here. It is a complicated subject which is really hard to explain. Apartheid was wrong, but as a white South African who is only eligible for certain jobs in SA because of my colour due to racial transformation, it creates an ‘Apartheid light’ to an extent.
@@ChristiaanJansevanRensburg-n6b I get what you're trying to say but that's not an excuse for me. I believe every person, irrespective of race or ethnicity, who immigrates to a new country should make an effort to try to integrate properly into that country.
I'd say biggest problem is changing languages for all sides
@@johnpaul4301pls tell the Mexicans this, thanks!
Watching this with what's been going on in Palestine over the past 70 years is truely eye-opening ☹️
it's funny how these guys don't do a video on Israeli apartheid when it is exactly the same thing using exactly the same tactics, could it be that these guys have zionist leanings - pathetic double-think.
Palestine movement is BS. PLO, Hamas regularly commited violence(kidnappings, hostage taking, bombings, suicide bombings, rockets) against innocent Israelis. We saw no such things in anti-apartheid movement. Sure, there was violence, but they specifically took the sabotage avenue to AVOID killing people. Plus, when did ANC kidnap white civilians, take white hostages, bomb white schools, send child suicide bombers, or fire rockets into white towns?
Jesus... The animation in this video... Y'all are killing it with these 🔥🔥🔥
Its sad that Apartheid has caused long lasting damage to South Africa in terms of socio-economic development and race relations. These will take decades to heal.
ITS GETTING BETTER RIGHT
what definition of healing do you use?
The damage to South Africa came after apartheid ended. Apartheid prevented the collapse which followed it.
The South Africans have already gave the ANC 30 years, and all the early progress made under Mandela has been wiped away by corruption. They need a new path forward, and the DA leads that path of true prosperity for all, we have seen it in the Western Cape!
@@mypropmp4057 What _early progress?_ The farm murders? The decline in infrastructure? The corruption? The increase in crime? All that started with uhuru, even under Mandela.
hmmm that sounds like whats been happening to blacks in America for centuries
They tried to wipe us out. I know we should forgive and forget, but this history is so painful and I often feel demonised for feeling hurt. Our feelings are relevant. Apartheid systematically broke an entire people and we never really healed properly. 💔
Forgiveness comes with healing, forgiveness comes with a genuine apology.
What are you talking about? Which people?
Are you talking about the Khoisan people?
It’s infuriating that you are actually suffering from the effects of propaganda and the distorted reality of the true history. I’m not saying it hurts any less, if it feels real than it is.
I’m not attacking or insulting you. I am angry because your pain is unnecessary and I’m sure it’s lead to anger and resentment that are also poisonous.
South Africa is broken in 2023. The suffering today is exponentially greater than suffering under apartheid - look and compare ANY metric, ANY of them and see whether it’s better today or worse than 40 years ago.
If it were so horrible then why did millions migrate from the north into South Africa? Why would you move to such an oppressive place? That makes zero sense?
I honestly think if you researched the history of South Africa and understood what really happened it would ease your pain. You’ll start to realize nearly every single statement in this video is not just false but it’s the opposite of the truth. This is propaganda meant to divide people. Don’t let it.
@@khanyi8512from who? And to who?
An apology for turning a 1st world nation, the best of the entire continent, over to foreigners that had no history there and no hand in creating or developing the country? These were invaders that came illegally and eventually just outnumbered the native whites (and yes they were native since nobody lived there prior to their arrival).
So the whites should apologize for creating a superb country and then being forced to hand it over to the invading hordes who have since absolutely, unequivocally looted and destroyed every single thing built by the whites? Ok…
Though Apartheid was wrong, it is not the reason why SA is the SA today. Your hurt comes from your own not helping you out which creates an even bigger victim mentality. Your own brought SA to its knees. Your own broke the infrastructure built. Your own stole the resources we had, spending it on luxury goods and expensive parties while your own is still living in poverty. Your pain should rather be named your disappointment. Now there is nothing left to help anymore. Unfortunately people living in poverty have less chance now. It would take generations to rebuild what was lost in the last 30 years. We’re all stuck in this together now, not only you anymore. Today we are all victims of your own.
You could have moved
I went to South Africa two months ago for a class trip on the post-Apartheid era. It is great to see how much improvements are the now compared to before, but the effects of the Apartheid is still there... there's still so much inequality visible around especially in Cape Town and Johannesburg where we went.
What they won't tell you:
Inequality has worsened since Apartheid ended (see Gini coefficient) and unemployment has increased by a massive 50%
The thing is every party we have available is kak and half of sa don't want to vote no more
Would love to see these so-called "improvements"
@@Logan_TheLegend Lmao, this is so true I'm crying😭 Not SA just barely breaching the 8mil mark in our 2020 election, people are worn out!!
Improvements?? WTF are you talking about??
Asking as a South African.
And now we have come to a point in time where Apartheid and Israel have become synonymous.
Israel leadership saw it as a plan to follow and thought it was a good idea.
Netanyahu will go down in history along side other fascist monsters.
Right, also Santa Claus and flying reindeers
@@adirbarak5256
The irony:
Nazis: We are superior race.
Jews: We are the chosen ones by God and others are beneath us and created to serve us like Ovadia Yosef once said
@@adirbarak5256 jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way
Always was
Shamefully it has not ended. And is still an issue to various degrees across the world, under new or different names. But most notably today with The Suffering of the Palestinian people.
🤓☝️
instead of learning from the video (for example, what is apartheid) you continue to demonstrate your ignorance
@@adirbarak5256A shame really that South Africa didn't learn form it, our nation currently has over 120 race laws.
Sometimes i wonder how you can perform apartheid when the people are ON DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
@@silentwhisper868 The Palestinian Territories are functionally part of Israel if we’re being honest… the PA is puppeteered by Israel, the West Bank is full of settlers and Zones A and B are under Israeli jurisdiction, Israel controls what infrastructure is built in Gaza, etc.
Think of the Palestinian Territories as a series of Bantustans within Israel/South Africa
The comparison to the palestinians in the comments are not fair towards the indigenous African who did not face other indigenous people but coloniesers, did not commit consistent terror against them, and did not reject 5 suggestions to peace.
How are Israeli indigenous? The majority came from Europe and the US and then changed their names and hid their origins. Who committed aggression against the other first? Maybe the settlers who took native lands and created a country in the middle of an existing country? In the video, it's clearly stated protests started peacefully and when they were slaughtered in return, they turned militant. That's what happens when you're repressed and civilized protests only gets you targeted and shot down. Let's use logic and facts, please.
The Jews are indigenous to Judea which is the land of Israel these days and were exiled 2000 years ago. The Arabs came many years after and their names are Syrians, Egyptians and Jordanians and they didnt even changed them. the ones who started the war on 1947 were the arabs. indeed, lets use logics and facts@@h.i.m.3200
@@אביחיסופר-ד2ת judaism is a religion, jews are not natives
Zionists are colonizers
5 suggestions of peace that were in favour to Israel.
@@amimore-hq2xrIn what way they were in favor of Israel? Did the Palestinians suggest something instead? You got your answer, they will never compromise because they only want to kill all the Jews.
1990 . Damm . No wonder the aftershocks are still felt . It's been just 33 years
it will be the same in 250 years
Those "aftershocks" you're feeling is due to the ANC. Wake up!
The ANC hasn’t done anything to fix the problems since the 2000s.
@@mypropmp4057 I disagree ,during Thabo Mbeki presidency ,our economy was growing and people got jobs and started moving on ,until double headed guy called Zuma became president, the country has been going down.
basically what Israel is doing with Palestinians
Yes
How is it similar to the apartheid in South-Africa?
@callumarendse1984 israel bulid on basically on the right of jews in Palestine according to their holy book and forget the right of the Muslims and Christians in this land. Also , discriminate against the Palestinian in west Bank Building an apartheid wall and installing inspection devices for Palestinians made it difficult for them to freely move within the occupied territories, without mentioning the conditions of people in Gaza.
@@mohamedosamabegisercairo9807Yes but it’s not because the Palestinians are Palestinians but because Palestinians are heavily murderous against the Israeli civilians and performing terrorist attacks since Israel’s establishment and even before that.
Palestinians are not citizens of Israel, and they were offered peace many times, but they chose to perform terrorism against Israel instead, hoping they would destroy it. But in order for israel to protect itself, she had to take extreme security measures against them, so they won’t kill its people. Even though, they still do that, look at October 7th attack on Israel.
Mostly accurate, although it does skim over some of the historic details. I grew up in Apartheid South Africa in the 80s. As a POC who is still living in South Africa, I can tell you that for instance, international sanctions meant nothing as American companies carried on business as usual further propping up Apartheid. That's just one example of what I mean when I say "mostly accurate" , we'd be here all day if I nitpicked on the content of the video.
I mean it's 7 minutes long, what do you expect?
@@andieallison6792 yeah, fair enough - it's very good generally.
Genuine question...What's a POC ? Thanks
@@Lucas5632- Person of color. Basically, anyone who is not white/European/"Caucasian".
I'm SO SORRY for the losses the families and friends have to endure!
Many people of all races lost their lives fighting this battle.
@@helenduplessis4166 Agreed
My mom still gets sad and angry at the mention of Apartheid,it breaks my heart.
@khanyi8512 I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you should get your mum a therapist. It'll help her. It helps to talk to someone about these kinds of things, I know that to well
@@CharlotteXMoon keep in mind she's an African parent,they don't really believe in therapy for themselves.
It was super crazy animation. This could be turned to a good movie or series.
Same thing happening to Palestinians and no one bats an eye. 50 years later they will make a sympathetic video to absolve our sins. Always remember Mandela stood with Palestine.
Mandela was a terrorist
ya keep lying to yourself @@thatonekerbal
We love south Africa from Indonesia
Exceptionally concise, evocative, tasteful, and well-edited
I'm a South African, like many viewers of this video and it is my hope that parallels can be drawn between our Apartheid and the ongoing Apartheid and genocidal killings in Palestine. We South Africans are unique in understanding the real-world effects of separatist legislation. And as such we literally cannot turn a blind eye. We may not be able to completely heal the wounds of our past but we can have an impact on what is going on in the East right now. Palestine will be Free. 🇵🇸
Stop. Just stop. If south Africa is an example of what happens if they end apartheid, then they should not end it. Unless you're ok with another failed country
Except this tiny detail that Arabs and Muslims have equal rights in Israel and have many political parties and can be elected for presidency. Also small detail is that hamas runs Palestine autonomously with no involvement of Israel until they literally started a war with Israel.
Now if we go over these we can observe that not one of the conditions for an apartheid exist in that situation.
@@taliasanders4849 "But...but hamas" 🤓..Hamas does not run Palestine and that's a very basic thing to understand. You've literally digested all of the colonists false claims and believed it, damn I pity you. Hamas does not operate in the west bank not in Syria and certainly not in Lebanon, zionists love to pick fights with the Arabs and when they get violent responses equally back they whine uncontrollably. Its simple the zionist ethnostate is an apartheid which has been restated over and over again by human rights group, but colonisers will behave like colonisers and freedom fighters will do anything to be free. Beware hamas might be under your bed too 😱🧟♂️
@@taliasanders4849Oh you left out some details Ms. Hasbara: Palestinians are like second class, if not third class citizens in Israel. Over 50% are in poverty, hardly have good job opportunities and have to endure daily IDF violence. They live on about 3% land in the north, although they make up 20% of the Israeli population. They are not allowed to build their houses where their grandparents lived because the military does not allow it. They are controlled by cameras during elections and Netanyahu himself said that he hates to see Arabs vote. The settlers have more rights in the West Bank, Palestine, even though they are there illegally. With the help of the IDF, they harass the Palestinians and even murder them, which in turn is labeled as self-defense. The Palestinians can hardly move, because in some places only the settlers have the right, so they have to take detours. Oh yes, and Gaza... Back then, not even half of the population voted for Hamas, and half of the population are children. 75% are against Hamas before the war. But there is no one but Hamas to give them some protection. Gaza blockade, food blockade by Israel, innocent Palestinians under torture in Israeli prisons and so on.... There is more to say, but then I would put hours on this comment.
We still haven't learnt from history. Palestine will have a similar TED-Ed video one day and we all will be culpable.
Exactly. Hopefully soon Jews will be allowed in Gaza again.
@@jdtreharne what about the palestinians in the west bank?
@@rishabhdave4255 what about them?
@@jdtreharne Isreal is the new apartheid government. As of 2013Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent.
The government had previously denied the practice but the Israeli Health Ministry’s director-general has now ordered gynaecologists to stop administering the drugs
@@jdtreharne they can't move freely in their own country and are restricted by apartheid policies while Israel continues to occupy their land
If you think this is unbelievable.
Just remember that there is an apartheid state currently engaging in an ethnic cleansing campaign with full support of the west, right now!
Oh and it's been declared an apartheid state by:
-Amnesty International
-Human rights watch
and even Jewish Israeli human rights groups as:
Yesh Din (July 2020), B'Tselem (January 2021)
Not to mention 75 years of occupation!
Maybe I’m biased, but does anyone else wish the video mentioned the contributions of the late, Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the struggle?
I mean... sure. You can't do a thorough deep dive into such a complex issue in 7 minutes, but it's a good enough crash course.
I mean, duh?
“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” ~Nelson Mandela
I’m South African and only learnt about apartheid when I left for school abroad or from my family. Crazy.
Make an episode about Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
dont start a war that u cant win
They often make episodes about fantasy lore, like Loki, so they actually might!
@@adirbarak5256
The irony:
Nazis: We are superior race.
Jews: We are the chosen ones by God and others are beneath us and created to serve us like Ovadia Yosef once said
Make an episode about how Palestinians are treated in Arab countries.
They are forced to live in refugee camps and aren't given citizenship. That's an actual apartheid.
In Israel territories, Arabs can vote and have every right as a citizen.
@@bnaZan6550 Not to mention Arab countries ETHIC CLEANSING and deporting of jews.
South African here: Really appreciate this and made it more clearer
You are what is wrong with this country. Go educate yourself rather than relying in online propaganda videos from America to learn about the history of your country.
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TED Ed taking a stace against Israel without explictly doing so
Really? How is it that a terrorist organisation is considered the hero in this situation?
@@helenduplessis4166 isreal isn't considered the hero, you are wrong
@@alvaroprieto2092 so, Hamas is? Personally, I don't think either side is a hero... there are no heroes when it comes to war.
The great Nelson Mandela once said:
“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Mandela happily accepted an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Ben Gurion University. No surprise his views are often oversimplified by those trying to win political points.
What does "freedom" mean? The destruction of Israel? That's not gonna happen.
False propaganda. There are Arab judges on the Supreme Court of Israel. 20% of Israel citizens are Arabs with equal rights. Around 2 million people that working as Doctors, hospital nurses, lawyers, etc.
@@mattschultz1783this never negated his statement about Palestine.
@@mattschultz1783 Seems obvious that they were trying to bribe him so he wouldn't say negative things about Israel.
The exact same history, with the exact same details, the level of similarities it chilling
May Falasteen be freed from Apartheid, Amen!
South Africa suffered from the same fire that burned the Palestinians. That is why South Africa was sympathetic to the Palestinians who suffer from apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
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FUN fact, isreal supported south africa till the bitter end
True, that's why the relations between them now are so bad.
It's worth noting how much Jews opposed apartheid
@@thematthew761But then a lot went to live in apartheid Israel...
No, many anti apartheid Jews are highly critical of the Israeli government, trying to equate those two is ridiculous @@caimaccoinnich9594
@@caimaccoinnich9594 Israel isnt apartheid
Definitely one of the solid top acoustic guitars!
Always love to see the history of my nation shared
One minute of a Ted's video can't make you shed a tear. The video:
An amazing work from TED-Ed, much applause to the research staff, the production, and the creatives behind this
One of the best videos on this channel!!!
The subject, the music , the art simply excellent.
Exactly what's happening right now somewhere else but people ignore it
I used to wonder how people around the world let this Apartheid regime go unchallenged and why there was no action taken to end it, then I look at Apartheid Israel and it makes sense.
wtf u on
Israel is completely different. Unlike in south Africa that land belongs to Israel.
Great video. I really am seeing many similarities between Apartheid in S. Africa and the Palestinian population annexed by Israel, who allow no real self-determination (i.e., voting) by that group over what will happen to them.
Palestinian Israelis are allowed to vote. What are you even talking about?
@@jdtreharneYou left out some details Hasbara: Palestinians are like second class, if not third class citizens in Israel. They are controlled by cameras during elections and Netanyahu himself said that he hates to see Arabs vote. Over 50% are in poverty, hardly have good job opportunities and have to endure daily IDF violence. They live on about 3% land in the north, although they make up 20% of the Israeli population. They are not allowed to build their houses where their grandparents lived because the military does not allow it.
This was very helpful, this definitely gained my respect for them.
The writers of this went to great lengths to not mention the word coloured (mixed race people) throughout the entire video.
Please note that Coloured is not offensive to us and is a good description for mixed people since we vary in complexion depending on our mixture.
I would also like to suggest making videos on the history of the term people of colour as well as bias against mixed race people which this video has displayed.
They think that because we speak Afrikaans, we weren't oppressed or a major factor in what happened
@@engeltjie_engelbrecht they do the same to english speaking coloureds
What are you talking about? How is that relevant? They mentioned that mixed-race marriages were illegal and that's it. Mixed-race people are not the subject of Apartheid.
@@andieallison6792 it's VERY relevant, we are a subject of Apartheid
@andieallison6792 the relevance is that the video is critical about aparthied racial views but they are ignoring coloured identity and our history during the aparthied era
Why do you censor comments:
The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territory represents a situation of apartheid, says UN expert.
If you squint, look at it cross-eyed, and ignore all of the Arabs integrated into Israeli society it would still not look like South African Apartheid. It's an insult to everyone who suffered to equate the two. Maybe that's the problem.
@@Tuxot Israel’s apartheid must end,’ South Africa says at ICJ hearing. Don't lie.
Worth noting that Mandela was always pro-Palestine
Palestine is a terrorist state, and 50%+ of Palestinians support terrorist attacks on Jews.
So it's a bad thing to be pro Palestine.
also, Palestine doesn't exist.
@@Stonemojo1 Israel is a terrorist state, it almost exclusively kills civilians like a terrorist, and uses terror to manipulate the Palestinians within the territories it occupies (such as by kidnapping children on night raids in the West Bank).
So it is bad to be pro-Israel.
Palestine has existed since at least ~500 BC
What a perfect timing..almost like a de ja vu with current apartheid regime ruling palestine ..there is always the light of hope when you learn about history despite all the darkness
Can't recall when Africans from SA butchered 1400 whites from the period in one day. But please go on and compare the incomparable.
If you ignore religion, the various races who call themselves Palestinians have been living in Palestine for over a hundred years until the European settlers arrived and invaded around 1948
if you ignore history as well
You can't ignore religion. Religion is the primary problem. It's often the reason that people murder each other.
They literally didn't.
Half of Arabs in Palestine in 1948 were from neighboring countries. Look up the Arab immigration to Palestine.
Everyone in Palestine in 1948 were called palestinians, including the Jews, since palestinians back then wasn't a nationality.
@@bnazan6920 It was "Palestina - Land of Israel".
@@adirbarak5256It is not your land, there is no God and you are not the chosen nation.
As a south African I can confirm that this video is factual, I am extremely happy that segregation has ended and that finally we are truly a rainbow nation. Apartheid was truly the darkest side of south Africa. The effects of apartheid can most certainly be seen today but they are steadily being erased from history. And to the ted team: those king proteas at the end were a nice touch (the flowers)
It didnt end
Things are worse now in SA than it was 30 years ago
So starting to teach the disadvantaged majority in Afrikaans (the language of the "ruling elite"), thereby giving them a more level playing field, was an injustice?
south africa is doing so much better now than under apartheid *cough cough*
the country is 100X better now than before no debate about that
Apartheid never ended. We are still have apartheid laws.
Not in south Africa.
@@Ayto-xn9vsin SA
Obviously apartheid was awful but the implementation of a post apartheid state has been a disaster.
The South African economy has tanked, crime and corruption more prevalent and even the inequalities among races has grown Mandela and the ANC could win the battle but not the peace.
palestinians have been facing the same atrocities carried out by the israeli colonization 💔 hope they will gain freedom like our brothers and sisters in south africa
As a Zambian i think we need more videos like this. I dont think people understand the evils that was still done to Africans post slavery. Our history did a complete 360 after white involvement and not for the good pro-colonialism people think.
Apartheid is alive and well in the Middle East. The global community needs to call out Israel and demand equality and justice for the Palestinian people.
Nobody cares. Get a life.
Apartheid was racism at its finest. Right now, in Israel-Palestine, the Israelis have been fighting with Arabs for decades, if an Israeli man went into Gaza or to the Palestinian west bank territories without some form of protection, he would be extremely lucky to make it through his second day. They both hate each other, exclude each other, kill each other, don't just go with Palestine because they're weaker, so many of ya'll will look at the weaker nation and say: "*GASP* PREJUDICE, obviously they're being subjugated because they're a minority!" with no regard to how these things happen. You should be saying: "*GASP* PREJUDICE, obvi... wait, what if the stronger country is actually doing it to for a reason, such as to NOT have religious fanatics who have been taught to hate them roaming around?" Not to say all separation and monitoring is right, just saying that it's not bad by default, for example, we separate and monitor criminals and keep them away from civilians, surely everyone agrees that's good! Oh sh*t, some people actually think we should not do that for many of them... welp, I'm leaving the internet now, bye!
Talk about the ethnic cleansing in gaza
There are palestinians living in israel
20% of israel population is palestinians
They have the right same israelis,some of them even serve in the military,police,civil servant,and the government
@@AllAboutMMAOh you left out some details Hasbara: Palestinians are like second class, if not third class citizens in Israel. Over 50% are in poverty, hardly have good job opportunities and have to endure daily IDF violence. They live on about 3% land in the north, although they make up 20% of the Israeli population. They are not allowed to build their houses where their grandparents lived because the military does not allow it. They are controlled by cameras during elections and Netanyahu himself said that he hates to see Arabs vote.
I live in the US, but my mom grew up during apartheid South Africa (labeled colored)
I have a good life but generational trauma is real. My mom has mental health problems and a lot of her family has physical health problems (such as diabetes that runs). She is doing her best for me: but growing up surrounded by trauma does have its effects on her
There was a period of time where I was frequently torn down by her, and told me all these things about me that I ended up believing. She since was able to stop, but of course those words still stick
I have anxiety and depression. While I don’t believe I have a terrible life (especially compared to my mom’s trauma), I do see myself in the hurt child that my mother once was
The only way to end "generational trauma" is to stop having kids
@@joeycottone7755no, the only way to stop generational trauma is to break the cycle by recognising the effects it has had on your thinking and behaviour and endeavour to alter the way you relate to your own children.
Let’s look at quality of life then vs now
Now is way better buddy
@@ProdKodaa not for Whites. Whites only care about themselves.
Will be waiting for TED's similar video on Palestine once apartheid ends. It's hard to do now
Nope. The Palestinian guys are far more violent(ie, suicide bombers, rockets, kidnapping). What did the ANC do and what did Hamas, PLO do?
The apartheid hasn't ended. Its happening in Palestine. We never really learn from history sadly.
@sunflower823
Israel WAS one of few supporters and trade partners with Apartheid!South African Republic
Most African states broke ties with Israel after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and Israel began to view the similarly isolated South Africa cordially. Ethan A. Nadelmann claimed that the relationship developed due to the fact that many African countries broke diplomatic ties with Israel during the 1970s following the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War, causing Israel to deepen relations with other isolated countries.
By the mid-1970s, Israel's relations with South Africa were warm. In 1975, the Israel-South Africa Agreement was signed, and increasing economic cooperation between Israel and South Africa was reported, including the construction of a major new railway in Israel, and the building of a desalination plant in South Africa. In April 1976 South African Prime Minister John Vorster was invited to make a state visit, meeting Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Later in 1976, the 5th Conference of Non-Aligned Nations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, adopted a resolution calling for an oil embargo against France and Israel because of their arms sales to South Africa. In 1977, South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha visited Israel to discuss South African issues with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan.
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, an Israeli professor of psychology, wrote in 1988 that the alliance between South Africa and Israel was one of the most underreported news stories of the past four decades and *that Israel played a crucial role in the survival of the South African regime.*
Israel's collaboration with Apartheid South Africa was mentioned and condemned by various international organisations like the UN General Assembly (several times since 1974). In 1987 Israel announced that it would be implementing sanctions against South Africa. By the beginning of the 1990s, military and economic ties between the two countries had been lost.
Link:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93South_Africa_relations
U mean we never really learn?
If so then we WILL N E V E R learn from history
@@joshuabautch8936I didnt include this word lol didnt even realise it until I saw your comment r
I live in south africa and I'm happy to see that they are going through our history
What about talking about the apartheid happening nowadays ? Israeli apartheid being seen in GAZA Palestine ?? seems more interested to me since it's happening in 2023 NOT the 19ies !!!! Even kids and babies are killed...
Over 7000 Palestinian kid was killed up till now !
Yes kids and babies killed in both Israel and palestine. But please. watch the video before commenting because if you did. you would see that is not what apartheid is. Apartheid is racial segregation within a country (A SINGLE COUNTRY) Israel and palestine are two separate countries. There’s no racial segregation at all what no there is. Palestine only has fuki*g arabs in their country if that isn’t racial segregation i don’t know what is.
@@lduh9446it's completely different and unrelated.
Hopefully People are able to pick up on the same oppression tactics all of the world.
Free Palestine!!!!🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Yes and also able to Coexist and accept each other.
Free Palestine🇵🇸 and Long live Israel 🇮🇱.
Yup. The 1948 Palestinians that live in israel (in the arab cities) got full citizenship. Those outside of the country- didnt get to be citizens of that country?
@@DefenseOnTitan There should be a two state resoltuion
Free from hamas
@@silentwhisper868You left out some details: Palestinians are like second class, if not third class citizens in Israel. Over 50% are in poverty, hardly have good job opportunities and have to endure daily IDF violence. They live on about 3% land in the north, although they make up 20% of the Israeli population. They are not allowed to build their houses where their grandparents lived because the military does not allow it. They are controlled by cameras during elections and Netanyahu himself said that he hates to see Arabs vote. The settlers have more rights in the West Bank, Palestine, even though they are there illegally. With the help of the IDF, they harass the Palestinians and even murder them, which in turn is labeled as self-defense. The Palestinians can hardly move, because in some places only the settlers have the right, so they have to take detours. Oh yes, and Gaza... Back then, not even half of the population voted for Hamas, and half of the population are children. 75% are against Hamas before the war. But there is no one but Hamas to give them protection. Gaza blockade, food blockade by Israel, innocent Palestinians under torture in Israeli prisons and so on.... There is more to say, but then I would put hours on this comment.
Sad part is the chains of Apartheid still weigh heavy on South Africa till today.
Yes, the ANC made sure of that.
South Africa is a resource-rich country, yet it has very poor citizens. It is poorly managed. You could call it the collapse of the state.
I would like to mention by who it is poorly managed, maybe the ANC and Nelson Mandela’s people? There’s 2 sides to a coin.
I’m proud to say that my home country Sweden gave official support very early making Sweden the only Western country to give official support to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa during the early 1970's.
Ty
Olof Palme
Sweden has been destroying its self for a long time
Nice Sweden.
It amazes me how the minority was able to maintain this hold oflver the people for so long and start a riot the moment they felt like their privileges were being threatened or infringed on.
Steve Biko's death was so cruel
Yes
May he rest in power
An entire song was composed, depicting his legacy
As were the deaths of the many people who were necklaced by Winnie Mandela.
@@helenduplessis4166 because that justifies Bikos death
Great video. Just wish it was much longer. 7min is not enough
crazy how history repeats itself, this time hopefully people will learn and end the genocide. Free Palestine 🇵🇸✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Attempting to eliminate terrorist threats while accidentally harming Palestinian Civilians in the crossfire is not "genocide" and dividing different Jurisdictions (Israel and Palestine) is not "apartheid."
Now is the time to end apartheid and atrocities by the Israeli regime. Free Palestine!
When it comes to institutional racism: 🇺🇸🤝🏻🇿🇦
Use the old flag. Current South African flag does not represent the apartheid. It was old time and still remembered, different situation as today.
@@__Man__ There's no old South African flag emoji but yeah
As a South African such content trigger me , I don’t think my fellow South Africans are really ready to face this
They aren't ready to face the fact that corruption and incompetence is ruling the country now.
To the South Africans: How is life now after apartheid?
Under the ANC
Just look at the news.
Compared to Apartheid especially for POCs, it’s a lot better, but we have kinks in democracy like any other country e.g corruption,crime…etc. So all in all we are getting there 30 years isn’t enough to undo the socioeconomic damage Apartheid did logically.
Well, you can check out the news. It is falling to pieces. The ANC has looted the country. Infrastructure falling apart, unemployment above 35%, discrimination against whites not being eligible for certain jobs etc. I’m an Afrikaans South African who left the country due to the uncertainty of the future there. Many many others do the same. The lawlessness of the ANC is bringing the country to its knees. Mandela would turn in his grave if he saw what his party has done. The video is educational yes, but a follow up on the current state and the causes thereof would be a lot more educational.
I cried watching this
Thank you TED Ed. Would you be willing to speak about the horrific apartheid in Palestine?