segregated

adjective

Definition of segregated

1a : set apart or separated from others of the same kind or group a segregated account in a bankb : divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races segregated educationc : restricted to members of one group or one race by a policy of segregation segregated schools
2 : practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races segregated states

Recent Examples of segregated from the Web

In Louisiana, the ticket counters at circuses were required to be segregated.

— deneen l. brown, chicagotribune.com, "'Life or death for black travelers': How fear led to 'The Negro Motorist Green-Book'", 2 June 2017
Plant director, Xavier De Buysscher, says Tony's Chocolonely beans are treated, roasted and segregated.

— lidz-ama appiah, CNN, "Slave-free chocolate: a not-so-guilty pleasure", 2 June 2017
In Louisiana, the ticket counters at circuses were required to be segregated.

— deneen l. brown, chicagotribune.com, "'Life or death for black travelers': How fear led to 'The Negro Motorist Green-Book'", 2 June 2017
In Louisiana, the ticket counters at circuses were required to be segregated.

— deneen l. brown, Washington Post, "‘Life or death for black travelers’: How fear led to ‘The Negro Motorist Green-Book’", 1 June 2017
She was arrested for refusing to move from her seat on the main floor of a segregated movie theater.

— chandra thomas whitfield, NBC News, "Nova Scotia Noir: Exploring Black History In Canada", 31 May 2017
This practice often segregated neighborhoods that hadn’t previously been that way.

— katie nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, "The Racial Segregation of American Cities Was Anything But Accidental", 30 May 2017
At the time when her career was rising in the U.S. in the 1930s, public places, including restaurants, nightclubs and theaters, enforced segregated seating areas, relegating blacks to balcony seats.

— philip potempa, Post-Tribune, "Josephine Baker's life, career and cautions recalled on stage", 30 May 2017
Alcohol is banned and unrelated men and women are segregated in public.

— associated press, Billboard, "President Trump Briefly Sees Toby Keith's Saudi Concert", 21 May 2017

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