The United States was on the side of the white minority.
The white minority retained political and economic control well into the 20th century.
The resources of the country are owned by a tiny white minority.
The white minority had a peak population of about 275,000.
The laws allowed the white minority to keep the black majority out of certain areas.
And if it turns out that you're part of the "white minority," what will you do then?
Thus, many state benefits were provided to the white minority.
But the first waves of casualties have come from the country's black majority, not its white minority.
The first was political: the change from rule by the white minority to constitutional democracy.
It has not been worn down by war, as the white minority was in Zimbabwe.