Born A Crime

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• apartheid a system of segregation based on race (in South Africa)
• invariably always
• needless to say of course
• institutionalized established as a part of an official system
• merely only, solely
• unjust biased, unfair
• unsustainable not able to be maintained
• incoherent illogical
• embody personify
• rebuke reprimand, critique
• treason treachery, betrayal
• prohibition ban
• uprooted moved from their home
• relocated be moved to a new place
• buffer zone a neutral area to separate often hostile forces
• amended revised
• enforce impose, effectuate
• penalty punishment, sanction
• interracial between different races
• ramification consequence, result
• reckless rash, careless
• slip through the cracks get away
• admirable commendable
• execute carry out
• minor slight, small
• quell put a stop to
• atrocity cruelty, brutality
• abuse misuse
• token symbolic
• typist a person skilled at typewriting
• suburb outskirts of a city
• ultimate conclusive, final
• stripped taken away from
• citizenship the status of being a citizen
• puppet state a dummy state that appears to be independent but is controlled
• permit allow
• revoke cancel, rescind
• contrive manage
• Xhosa South African ethnic group, and language
• maid female domestic servant
• questioned inspected
• flat apartment
• lease rental agreement
• steady piece on the side a type of sex agreement
• penalty punishment
• fine financial penalty
• rand South African monetary unit
• salary pay, earnings

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