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    al. "Housing Policy, (De)Segregation and Social Mixing: An International Perspective." Housing Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, Mar. 2010, pp. 129-135. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/02673030903564838. Gideon explains the history of segregation in housing in America, and how this segregation helped lead to the development of segregated communities. This separation was accomplished by making it hard for the poor, individuals of color, or other such persons into communities. The segregation of communities then made

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    mind, voice their opinions, or enjoy the same luxuries that the white people attained. Through various actions/efforts like the lunch counter sit-ins, freedom rides, and bus boycotts, the black people confronted segregation face on and worked to achieve equality and freedom. Segregation played a major role throughout the lives of the African Americans. They were viewed as unequal, and were set apart from the norms of society. In the South, the African Americans were forced to use water fountains

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    States do not want admit that segregation is present in our schools; therefore, no responsibility is being taken. Schools that have a high percentage of drugs, violence and gangs are mostly occupied by Blacks and Hispanics.      “Separate and unequal continues. More that 80 percent of Black and Latino segregated schools are in high poverty areas, compared with 5 percent of segregated white schools” (Willoughby 46). An example of segregation or classification in my city of

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    precedent in public education that was set by the Supreme Court in 1896. The Court’s opinion was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren, finding that racial segregation was “inherently unequal,” even if the tangible facilities, such as school buildings, were considered comparable. Furthermore, the Court stated that racial segregation in public schools was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and therefore unconstitutional. Besides unanimously concluding that

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    Segregation is not a foreign term since it had appeared many times in history. For incidence, in ancient China, the Ming Dynasty isolated itself from the rest of the world for the entire era of its ruling. Despite that, the Jewish population also experienced segregation constantly in its history. Moreover, North America was also familiar to the practice of segregation. In both Canada and United States, the country forced her citizens with Japanese background into internment camps during World War

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    Is segregation bad or is it good? Segregation is when someone is being seperated from others by color of their skin. Segregation in the U.S started right after the Civil War and continued until 1956. Personally, Segregation is bad because it is racist and it’s unconstitutional. Segregation is terrible because it is racist. Racism is when one race is better than another. In Source one it states,” Jim crow laws also led to the disenfranchisement of African- American voters.” This means that people

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    Why has segregation and racism existed for three hundred ninety-eight years when the Civil Rights Act was passed fifty-three years ago? Segregation is a problem that existed for a long time. The segregation and racism caused the events that led up to the Civil Rights Act being passed. The Civil Rights Act had many events and problems that led up to it being put into place, some of these problems are still and issue today. The Civil Rights Act was a law passed in the 1960’s. It was meant to bring

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    The loud chatter of the audience at the old Park Theater in New York was for a one man show performed by Thomas Rice. To the all white audience, Jim Crow was vigorously funny. Clothed in a stable boy costume and a straw hat, his white face darkened by coal in a behaviour recognized as “blackface.” He danced and sang and even spoke in mockery of the black slang. He portrayed blacks as ignorant, greedy and foolish. Even though his act was for entertainment purposes, Thomas Rice implied through his

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    Introduction Self-segregation is defined as the conscious decision to form groups and services separate from society based on gender, income generated, religion or ethnic groups (2014). While segregation in history may have been due to political or economics exploitation, research is showing that different communities are segregating certain aspects of their livelihood to achieve their own comfort zones or purposes. Segregation, while conjuring a negative stigma of social inequalities, may have

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    African American still faced an equal world of segregation in various forms. As far as Jim crow laws which at a local and state level barred African American from classrooms black and whites had separate classrooms they didn’t share bathrooms nothing it was an invisible line in between the two like in the poem “Big Boy Lives Home” if they cross that line they will be punished .They were separate because of their skin color. All these African American people wanted was to be equal and freedom to

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