Separate public facilities under apartheid were an example of what?

Correct answer: State-approved racial discrimination

Correct answer: A. Apartheid was not merely informal prejudice between individuals; it was a system in which the state made and enforced rules based on race. Separate public facilities, such as spaces or services reserved for different racial groups, showed that government institutions officially treated people unequally. Even when facilities were described as separate, they were not a sign of equal citizenship because access, quality and political status were organised through racial hierarchy. A is correct because state-approved racial discrimination means that public authority itself supports unequal treatment by race. B is wrong because separation based on race denies equality. C is wrong because separate facilities do not necessarily mean that education was made freely available. D is wrong because these arrangements were political and discriminatory rules, not harmless cultural celebrations. Memory cue: when the state separates public services by race, it is institutional discrimination.