undue privilege
Long before apartheid was outlawed in 1990, South Africa already had way too many “honorary whites” who lived in whites-only suburbs – besides the Japanese, some local black people also belonged to this exclusive club.
This extended to some foreign individuals from neighbouring countries such as Malawi, who had a cosy relationship with the apartheid state.
The term “honorary whites” was a political designation employed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. It served to extend certain rights and privileges typically reserved for whites to individuals who would have otherwise been categorised as non-white under the Population Registration Act.
The privilege was reserved for special groups that collaborated with the apartheid
