THE U.S. ALWAYS SUPPORTED APARTHEID

US support for apartheid and settler-colonialism in South Africa goes as far back as its ‘constructive engagement’ policy that aimed to break South Africa's international isolation and use the apartheid regime as a proxy against socialist independence movements in Africa. 

Plus, African Stream’s Wambura Mwai (@wamburabrenda on IG) tells us that US corporations invested in upholding the apartheid regime with as much as $14.6 billion by the early 1980s, despite international boycotts, according to the US Out of Southern Africa Network. The US strategy bolstered the apartheid regime’s ability to suppress domestic and regional liberation movements. US President Donald Trump's support for white landowners in South Africa continues this longstanding US legacy of backing apartheid-era policies. 

Let us know in the comments what you think about this phenomenon.

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