segregation

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The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. Coretta Scott King

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians. Shirley Chisholm

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Stanley Crouch

[I] can't actually imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices. The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin [..] When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled? Eric Holder

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for. Martin Luther King Jr.

Segregation shaped me; education liberated me. Maya Angelou

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