33
/ru/
AIzaSyB4mHJ5NPEv-XzF7P6NDYXjlkCWaeKw5bc
November 30, 2025
875438
72439
2
Public Timelines
FAQ

7 июл 1950 г. - Population Registration Act 1950

Описание:

-defined which race people belonged to (White, Coloured, Bantu (Black African) or other)
-identity documents to all citizens showing race
-seen as one of the "pillars" of Apartheid
-tests to determine race (could include skin colour, hair on head + body, language, employment, socioeconomic status)
-humiliating tests such as "pencil test": pencil pushed into hair, person classed as coloured if it didn't fall out
-wording wasn't precise; definitions not clear (e.g. people in same family classed as different "races"; could be evicted + split up)

Добавлено на ленту времени:

8 мая 2018
0
0
3035

Дата:

7 июл 1950 г.
Сейчас
~ 75 г назад