apartheid

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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  • Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that USA Powerlifting’s disqualification of a transgender athlete in its women’s sports division constitutes discrimination.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That could suggest discrimination and warrant an investigation, Hitchcock Cross said.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Apartheid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartheid. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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