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The 'coloured people' of South Africa are the ________________.

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People of 'mixed races'
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Europeans
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Africans
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Whites
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Solution

The correct option is B People of 'mixed races'
Under the system of "Apartheid" prevalent in African nations, the whites used to discriminate against blacks and coloured people that is people of mixed races. The discrimination was solely based upon the race and the supremacy of whites was imposed upon these people who were called inferior races.

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