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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The reasoning, which contradicted every previous Supreme Court decision on segregation, cited the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.—
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The deputies walked the man to a jail segregation unit before the video ended.—
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1 May 2026
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In January, the DOJ sought to join a lawsuit accusing the UCLA Medical School of engaging in racial discrimination in its admissions process.—
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7 May 2026
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The court ruled race can’t be taken into account when designing political districts unless there already was racial discrimination in those areas.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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“Apartheid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartheid. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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