SEGREGATION


Meaning of SEGREGATION in English

n [ U ]

the policy of separating certain groups from the rest of the community, especially because of their race. In the US, the policy of segregation, especially in the southern states, denied African Americans their rights and forced them to use separate schools, restaurants, hotels, cinemas, etc. from those used by white people. As a result of the civil rights movement laws were passed in the 1950s and 1960s which greatly reduced segregation in US society. This process is called desegregation or ‘integration’.

See also bussing , separate but equal .

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.