as in segregation
a former social system in South Africa in which black people and people from other racial groups did not have the same political and economic rights as white people and were forced to live separately from white people
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Over time, through Jim Crow, segregation, and disinheritance, Black families were not allowed to access the property anymore.—
Jeffrey Bennett,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026 -
That is gentrification without preservation, segregation by another name.—
John W. Beacham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Georgia’s Board of Education barred textbooks from describing discrimination against Black people.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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But even after coming north, her grandparents encountered racial discrimination and struggled to find jobs.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Apartheid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartheid. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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