segregation

(noun)

People separating geographically, residentially, racially, religiously or by sex based on legal codes, happenstance, voluntary choice or cultural attitudes.

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Examples of segregation in the following topics:

  • Segregation

    • 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.
    • This legalized form of segregation into the mid 1960s.
    • By 1968 all forms of segregation had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and by 1970 support for formal legal segregation dissolved.
    • In many areas, the United States remains a residentially segregated society.
    • Identify at least three key moments in the history of racial segregation in the U.S.

  • Savage Inequalities

    • 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.

  • Education and Unequal Treatment in the Classroom

    • Women have historically been disadvantaged in education, and learning has often been segregated along gender lines.

  • Study questions

    • What does a population that is segregated into two groups look like?

  • Study questions

    • What does a population that is segregated into two groups look like?

  • Voting Patterns and Inequality

    • 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.

  • Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

    • 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.

  • Gender Roles in the U.S.

    • His first model involved total role segregation; men and women would be trained and educated in gender-specific institutions, and high professional qualifications and the workplace would be intended for men.
    • However, total role segregation was closer to the reality of the United States in the 1950s, whereas a total integration of roles is increasingly common in the United States today.

  • Models of Urban Growth

    • Urban sprawl entails the growth of a city into low-density and auto-dependent rural land, high segregation of land use (e.g., retail sections placed far from residential areas, often in large shopping malls or retail complexes), and design features that encourage car dependency.
    • Urban sprawl's segregated land use means that the places where people live, work, shop, and relax are far from one another, which usually makes walking, public transit, or bicycling impractical.

  • Gender Socialization

    • First jobs are significantly segregated by sex.