Black and White in South Africa

Collaborators : Balla, Nicholas | Dick, Ronald | Howe, John | Office national du film du Canada
Apartheid -- South Africa.Race discrimination -- South Africa.Racism -- South Africa.South Africa -- Race relations -- History.Developing Countries -- Africa.Developing Countries -- Politics, Government and History.Developing Countries -- Social Problems.Politics and Government -- Africa.Politics and Government -- Commonwealth and British Colonies.Politics and Government -- Political Repression.Social Issues -- Discrimination and Stereotyping.Social Issues -- Social Issues in Foreign Countries.Show 7 more

South Africa, one of the largest members of the Commonwealth, a country with full self-government, has an acute race problem that causes dissension not only within its borders but within the Commonwealth and beyond. We see a country of fourteen million people where only one out of five is white. Edgar McInnis gives a dispassionate appraisal of the motivations behind the policy of apartheid and of whether the practice of segregation provides a satisfactory solution.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (29 min., 20 sec.)Collections : The Commonwealth of Nations, World in Action [Television series]Language : AnglaisYear of publication : ©1957

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