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Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
Segregation is the social division of human beings based on any number of factors, including race, ethnicity, or nationality. It may apply to various situations of daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, using a public restroom, attending school, or going to the movies.
Does separate but equal still exist?
These “separate but equal” facilities were finally ruled out of existence by the May 17th, 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place.
What does social capital involve?
social capital, concept in social science that involves the potential of individuals to secure benefits and invent solutions to problems through membership in social networks.
Are there any countries that have racial segregation?
Wherever multiracial communities have existed, racial segregation has also been practiced. Only areas with extensive interracial marriage, such as Hawaii and Brazil, seem to be exempt from it, despite some social stratification within them.
When does segregation occur in a multiracial community?
Generally, a situation that arises when members of different races mutually prefer to associate and do business with members of their own race would usually be described as separation or de facto separation of the races rather than segregation . Wherever multiracial communities have existed, racial segregation has also been practiced.
How are people from different races the same?
Starting with genetics, people from different races are more than 99.9 percent the same in their DNA (Begley, 2008). To turn that around, less than 0.1 percent of all DNA in our bodies accounts for the physical differences among people that we associate with racial differences.
With such arbitrary designations, race is more of a social category than a biological one. As the text discusses, race was long considered a fixed, biological category, but today it is now regarded as a social construction. The experience of Brazil provides very interesting comparative evidence for this more accurate way of thinking about race.