Examples of Racial Segregation in the following topics:
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- Racial segregation is one of the most common forms of segregation and is generally outlawed, but can still exist through social norms even when there is no strong individual preference for it.
- Racial segregation has appeared in all parts of the world where there are multiracial communities.
- As an official practice, institutionalized racial segregation ended in large part due to the work of civil rights activists (Clarence M.
- Racial segregation or separation can lead to social, economic and political tensions.
- Identify at least three key moments in the history of racial segregation in the U.S.
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- Kozol argues that property taxes are an unjust funding basis for schools, one that fails to challenge the status quo of racial-based inequality.
- Kozol concludes that these disparities in school quality perpetuate inequality and constitute de facto segregation.
- He argues that racial segregation is still alive and well in the American educational system; this is due to the gross inequalities that result from unequal distribution of funds collected through both property taxes and funds distributed by the state in an attempt to "equalize" the expenditures of schools.
- Although segregation is officially illegal, unequal school funding can create de facto segregation.
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- The United States is a diverse country, racially and ethnically.
- The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino," which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.
- Many local governments established racial segregation of facilities during what came to be known as the Jim Crow era, which began in the late 1800s.
- Further complicating this fact is that a person's racial identity can change over time, and self-ascribed race can differ from assigned race (Kressin et al., 2003).
- Aside from their varied social, culture, and political connotations, the idea of racial groups have been used in U.S. censuses as self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or, starting with the 2000 US Census, races with which they most closely identify.
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- The system of apartheid in South Africa exemplifies the complexities of the use of the word "minority. " Apartheid was a system of racial segregation established by National Party governments, which were in power from 1948-1994.
- In fact, apartheid legislation identified four racial categories: white, black, colored and Asian.
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- Children develop an awareness of race and racial stereotypes quite young and these racial stereotypes affect behavior.
- One response to racial disparity in the U.S. has been Affirmative Action.
- Another type of racism is racial profiling.
- Two examples of racial profiling in the United States are often discussed.
- Naturalization - (similar to the heavily critiqued study noted above) arguing that racial disparities, segregation patterns, and other racial phenomena are natural occurrences divorced from historical and structural socialization processes between races (e.g., whites just like to be around whites)
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- Racism is the belief that different traits of racial groups are inherent and justify discrimination.
- Racism is the belief that different inherent traits in racial groups justify discrimination.
- It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature, which is often justified by recourse to racial stereotyping or pseudo-science.
- Children develop an awareness of race and racial stereotypes quite young (between the ages of 5 and 11), and these racial stereotypes affect behavior.
- One response to racial disparity in the U.S. has been affirmative action.
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- One example is the implementation of racial quotas, that is, establishing numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group.
- Racial discrimination results in unequal treatment between individuals on the basis of real and perceived racial differences.
- An African-American child at a segregated drinking fountain on a courthouse lawn, North Carolina, 1938
- Give an example of discrimination and reverse discrimination using examples of religious, gender, or racial prejudice
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- The law makes it a crime for individuals to fail to have documents confirming their legal status, and is believed by critics to encourage racial profiling.
- Instead, these racial designations were a means to concentrate power, wealth, land, and privilege in the hands of the European Americans.
- For example, the racial category of "white" or European American fails to reflect that members of this group hail from very different countries.
- They, too, have been subjected to racial prejudice.
- The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, for example, which was motivated by white workers blaming Chinese migrants for taking their jobs, resulted in the abrupt end of Chinese immigration and the segregation of Chinese already in America; this segregation resulted in the Chinatowns found in large cities.
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- U.S. counties with sex segregated occupations are 11% more likely to vote Republican than counties that have mixed-sex occupations.
- McVeigh and Sobolewski (2007) argue that the white males in sex segregated counties are more likely to vote for conservative candidates because they feel their occupational security is threatened by women and racial minorities.
- Generally, racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to vote in elections and are also underrepresented in political positions, but these numbers are often influenced by ongoing attempts throughout American history to make voting harder (and at times impossible) for racial minorities.
- Racial and ethnic minorities are also less likely to hold political positions.
- Racial and ethnic minorities are generally less likely to vote than the majority population.
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- Housing in the United States is valued differently based on the racial makeup of the neighborhood.
- There can be two identical houses, by factors like amenities and size, but the assessed value of each house can depend on the racial makeup of the people within the community.
- For example, residential segregation is a product of discrimination that exists in the private real estate market.
- Housing in the United States can be valued differently based on the racial makeup of the neighborhood.
- There can be two identical houses, in terms of factors like amenities and size, but the value of each house can depend on the racial makeup of the people within the community.