Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin Apartheid Afirka ta Kudu (1948<unk>1994), gwamnatin Afrikaner ta Jam'iyyar Nationalist ta haifar da tashin hankali na siyasa tsakanin Amurka da Tarayyar Soviet saboda tashin hankali na zamantakewar zamantakewar Afrikaners da matsin lamba na siyasa na baƙar fata da launin fata na Afirka ta Kudu da aka yi amfani da shi a ƙarƙashin takunkumi na anti-kwaminisanci da tsaro na kasa. Tarayyar Soviet a hukumance ta goyi bayan kifar da wariyar launin fata yayin da Yammacin duniya da Amurka musamman suka ci gaba da tsaka tsaki a kan batun. A cikin shekarun 1976 zuwa 1977 na Yakin Cacar Baki, Amurka da sauran kasashen Yammacin Turai sun ga cewa ba shi da kyau a tallafawa siyasa ta Apartheid Afirka ta Kudu, musamman lokacin da gwamnatin Afrikaner ta kashe mutane 176 (dalibai da manya) a cikin 'yan sanda na' yan sanda.
Tashin Soweto (Yuni 1976), zanga-zangar siyasa game da mulkin mallaka na al'adun Afrikaner akan mutanen da ba fararen fata ba na Afirka ta Kudu, musamman tilasta harshen Jamusanci na Afrikaans a matsayin daidaitaccen harshe don ilimi wanda ake buƙatar baƙar fata na Afirka ta Kudu su yi magana lokacin da suke magana da fararen fata da Afrikaners; da kuma kisan 'yan sanda na Steven Biko (Satumba 1977), shugaban mai tsaka-tsakin siyasa na juriya na cikin gida ga wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu.