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Racial segregation is the separation of people based on their race, often enforced through laws or social practices. It matters because it has historically denied certain groups equal access to education, housing, jobs, and other resources, causing lasting economic and social disadvantages.
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African-American man drinking from a "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, July 1939
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Segregation can involve the spatial separation of the races, and mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races. Specifically, it may be applied to activities such as eating in restaurants, drinking from water fountains, using public toilets, attending schools, going to movie theaters, riding buses, renting or purchasing homes, renting hotel rooms, going to supermarkets, or attending places of worship. In addition, segregation often allows close contact between members of different racial or ethnic groups in hierarchical situations, such as allowing a person of one race to work as a servant for a member of another race. Racial segregation has generally been outlawed worldwide.
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