The Afrikaner National Party was a political party in South Africa founded in 1914, which implemented the policy of apartheid (racial segregation) when it came to power in 1948.
Think of the Afrikaner National Party as a strict school principal who sets up different rules for students based on their hair color. This is similar to how the party segregated people based on their race.
Apartheid: A system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and Southwest Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.
Nationalism: An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
Segregation: The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
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