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This guide focuses on the civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. | This guide focuses on the civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. | ||
=====racial segregation===== | |||
[https://www.britannica.com/topic/racial-segregation by Britannica] | |||
racial segregation, the practice of restricting people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions (e.g., schools, churches) and facilities (parks, playgrounds, restaurants, restrooms) on the basis of race or alleged race. Racial segregation provides a means of maintaining the economic advantages and superior social status of the politically dominant group, and in recent times it has been employed primarily by white populations to maintain their ascendancy over other groups by means of legal and social colour bars. Historically, however, various conquerors—among them Asian Mongols, African Bantus, and American Aztecs—practiced discrimination involving the segregation of subject races. | |||
