racial segregation
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Definition
Noun: * The systemic separation of people into racial groups in daily life: This refers to the enforced separation of different racial groups within a society, particularly in public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. It is a form of institutional discrimination based on race.
Usage
- Racial segregation is typically used to describe historical and social policies, laws, and practices. It is a formal term often found in academic, historical, legal, and sociological contexts.
- It functions as a compound noun where "racial" modifies the type of "segregation." The term itself is the target concept.
Examples
- The Civil Rights Movement in the United States fought to end racial segregation in schools and public transportation.
- Apartheid in South Africa was a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination.
- Many laws enforcing racial segregation, known as Jim Crow laws, were enacted in the American South after the Reconstruction era.
Advanced Usage
- De facto segregation: Segregation that occurs in practice due to social, economic, or behavioral factors, even without laws explicitly mandating it (e.g., segregated neighborhoods due to income inequality and historical patterns).
- De jure segregation: Segregation that is imposed and enforced by law.
Variants and Related Words
- Segregate (verb): To set apart or separate, especially by race.
- The policy sought to segregate students based on their ethnicity.
- Segregated (adjective): Characterized by or practicing segregation.
- They attended a segregated school.
- Desegregation (noun): The process of ending systematic racial segregation.
- The desegregation of the military was an important step.
Synonyms
- Apartheid (specifically refers to the historical South African system).
- Jim Crow (specifically refers to the historical US system in the South).
- Separation by race.
- Color bar / Colour bar.
Antonyms
- Integration.
- Desegregation.
- Inclusion.
Noun
- segregation by race