Their educational system was superior, as was their economic foundation, and their statuses were those of the privileged (Falola, 202). There can be no question that apartheid came into being due to centuries of oppression of the non-white cultures in South Africa by the Dutch and British inhabitants and settlers. The wars and conflicts between races and political factions decimated the landscape, and resulted in thousands of lost lives on both sides of the racial line. While the system of apartheid certainly destroyed the lives of nearly all black citizens of South Africa, it had an equally detrimental effect on the countless number of white opponents who dared to speak out against...

In all cases, and for all citizens of South Africa, the time of apartheid was a time of conflict, loss, and struggle.
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Lazerson, Joshua N. Against the Tide: Whites in the Struggle against Apartheid. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.

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