| 单词 | petty apartheid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty apartheid petty apartheid n. [compare Afrikaans klein apartheid small apartheid] originally and chiefly South African the manifestations of apartheid experienced in everyday life, esp. the segregation of public facilities. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > segregation or discrimination discrimination1819 colour discrimination1868 colour bar1869 segregation1903 plural democracy1939 apartheid1947 parallel development1950 separate development1955 petty apartheid1964 1964 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. 16 June 8/3 By contrast with ‘petty apartheid’, which consists largely of Jim Crow laws and practices, ‘grand apartheid’ aims at permanent partition of South Africa between ‘black’ and ‘white’ areas. 1966 Cape Argus 8 Apr. 14 While separate development proceeds so slowly, the Government, for home consumption, makes demonstrations of strength on the petty apartheid front. 1991 A. Van Wyk Birth of New Afrikaner 81 Petty apartheid was the way the grand design found gratuitous expression daily in a variety of measures which prescribed for blacks separate taxis, buses, trains..and entrances to public places, denying them admission to ‘white’ restaurants, hotels..and other facilities. < as lemmas |
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