South Africa’s post-Union state institutionalized white interest as its prime structural purpose

Evidence

Notoriously, 90 percent of the landholding of the country was reserved by a 1913 law to whites, making up just 10 percent of the population, a proportion tempered less than a decade later to 80 percent. Given that most of the white set-aside was held by the state in common for whites, it reinforced the understanding that the new state existed to serve the interests of whites. It was, in short, a state of whiteness, a white state. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1489

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The 80-90% white land monopoly by a 10%-of-population group is a classic concrete data point for the contact/institution gap — discrimination locked into law despite everyday arrangements.
• XREF: connects to: South African nation-building cohered through a shared white racial identity — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1473; Imported European racial views rationalized white control at the Cape — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1353; South Africa subordinated economic efficiency to preserve white dominance. (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• South African nation-building cohered through a shared white racial identity #expands (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1473
• South Africa subordinated economic efficiency to preserve white dominance. #corroborates (0.85)
• Race ideology overrides rational profit calculations in South African economy #corroborates (0.85)
• South African racial structure is preserved by distinctive economic mechanisms, not abolished by capitalism #expands (0.85) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 590
• Imported European racial views rationalized white control at the Cape #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1353
• Parliament passed the integrated Act of Union by acclamation in January 1961 #complicates (0.75)
• The Act of Union was only formally ratified months later with retroactive effect #complicates (0.75)