Just because "apartheid leaders" made comments about blacks that weren't correct doesn't mean that we can't make any observations about how cultures are doing. In the Arab world, certainly, there are no functioning democracies, and the choice seems to be between authoritarian govts and anarchy leading to jihadist takeover. Of course, this could change, but we see precious little evidence that this is occuring. Note failure of Iraqi "reconciliation", Lebanese civil wars, Gaza anarchy, etc. The argument that "when people are in subhuman conditions, they behave subhumanly" doesn't seem to do justice to the Jihadist ideology and the Arab tribalism which is motivating some of these conflicts.