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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On that date, a bus driver called police to complain that two Black girls were sitting near two White girls in violation of segregation laws, according to the Associated Press.—
Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026 -
The challengers compared Hawaii’s law, which was enacted a year later, to states that resisted the Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision outlawing racial segregation in schools.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
11 Jan. 2026
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However, at the California Civil Rights Department, just one attorney and three investigators are charged with enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination against tenants who use government housing subsidies.—
Robin Urevich,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Tesla's Austin site has also faced complaints over disability discrimination and labor violations.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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