Results: Apartheid
1.
1.
Are you familiar with the word Apartheid?
Yes
49%
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895 votes
No
40%
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739 votes
Undecided
11%
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204 votes
2.
2.
Did you know that Apartheid means segregation, or more literally, apartness in Afrikaans (a language of southern Africa, derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Protestant settlers in the 17th century, and an official language of South Africa)? Yes
41%
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758 votes
No
42%
•
776 votes
Undecided
17%
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304 votes
3.
3.
Is it alarming to you to know that apartheid was an official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites and was enforced from 1948 to 1994? Yes
45%
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820 votes
No
30%
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559 votes
Undecided
25%
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459 votes
4.
4.
In 1990 President Frederik Willem de Klerk began negotiations to end apartheid, culminating in multi-racial democratic elections in 1994, which were won by the African National Congress under Nelson Mandela. Is it astonishing to you that this situation did not end until 1994? Yes
43%
•
798 votes
No
22%
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409 votes
Undecided
14%
•
254 votes
Not Applicable
21%
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377 votes
5.
5.
Mi Casa is a South African band whose name means 'My House'. In the opening scene of their video These Streets we see the lead singer named 'J'Something' arising from South Africas 'living room' which is now open and free. Do you agree that Mi Casa is a talented band with an awesome sound? Yes
17%
•
320 votes
No
19%
•
357 votes
Undecided
63%
•
1161 votes
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