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[Apartheid]... is renown for its devastating effect-- in the Republic of South Africa a rigid former policy of segregating- and economically and politically oppressing the non-white population.any system or practice that separates people according to color,ethnicity, caste, etc.
1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio- political context),"Segregation" is such an active word that it suggests someone is trying to segregate someone else. So the word "apartheid" was introduced. Now it has such a stench in the nostrils of the world, they are referring to "autogenous development." [Alan Paton, "New YorkTimes," Oct. 24, 1960]
Most of the police force and several officials resigned after the small town of Parma, Missouri elected its first African American woman as mayor, reported KFVS. Tyrus Byrd, a former city clerk, was officially sworn in as mayor on Tuesday after beating incumbent Randall Ramsey. Ramsey had served as mayor of Parma for 37 years under two terms. The outgoing mayor said five of the city’s six police officers submitted their resignation, citing “safety concerns.” Parma’s city attorney, clerk and water treatment supervisor also quit.