racial segregation
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈreɪʃəl ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/
- Offensive
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segregación racial
- Langston Hughes's title poem, "I, Too, Sing America," and "Merry-Go-Round" are especially powerful in their protest of racial segregation.
- racial segregation and inequality
- urban racial segregation
- policy of racial segregation
Further, to return to the beginning, racial segregation underlies all urban history in South Africa.
- Further, to return to the beginning, racial segregation underlies all urban history in South Africa.
- So, you know, for this area that claimed to be founded on anti racism and social justice, there was racial segregation.
- I knew a bit about Chicago's environments and what Tom has he Coats referred to as Rob Sampson's important research on racial segregation in Chicago.
Examples
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The life of A. T. Walden reveals a complex reality about racial segregation in the South.
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Among the rights not recognized was freedom from racial segregation.
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And protests continued, as the Supreme Court may soon take up the issue of racial segregation.
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Counties also differ along other lines; some have high inequality and stark levels of racial segregation, others do not.
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The book also provides a sobering description of the manner in which racial segregation concentrates poverty in Black neighborhoods.
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Reflecting the city's racial segregation, the student population differed across the different campuses.
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Racial segregation was not merely wrongful in the abstract; it was a wrong inflicted upon African Americans.
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The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Many activists fought tirelessly against racial segregation in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement.
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The era of racial segregation led to significant social and economic disparities between communities.
Synonyms
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6.1
Authorities keep people apart by race or religion, often with different facilities
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A rule or practice that keeps Black people and other races from taking part equally with white people
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Keeping groups apart in society or public life
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Separation of people into different schools or neighborhoods that happens without a law
The law separates people, for example in schools
A system that keeps people of different races apart and often denies rights to Black people
A belief that keeps people of different races or religions apart
Antonyms
How Segregated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituent words 'racial' (relating to race) and 'segregation' (separation/enforced separation) directly combine to give the meaning of separating people by race; the composition follows normal English noun phrase formation and is conceptually transparent. This is a cross-linguistically common policy/social concept, so an average B1 learner who knows the parts will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Racial segregation paints a simple picture: people are kept apart because of their race. The word segregation means to 'keep apart' and the word racial points to 'race', so the phrase came to mean separating groups in schools, homes, or public places, often 'by law'.