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• n  (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
• n  a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
• n  the act of segregating or sequestering

• Judges point to high levels of residential segregation as the root cause of school segregation and question the wisdom of using children and schools to remedy adults' preferences .
• Rummel applauded the 1954 Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregation in public schools, and began to nudge his reluctant flock toward accepting segregation as "morally wrong .
• During the Little Rock segregation crisis, Roman Catholic parochial schools of Arkansas seemed so safely segregated that many Protestant parents began sending their children to .

• separatism
• sequestration

• integration

News & Articles

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• MSNBC falsely identifies segregationist George Wallace as a Republican
  According to MSNBC, former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who famously coined the phrase "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," is a Republican. Mr. Wallace is greatly known for his notorious "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door," when he physically blocked black students Vivian Malone and James Hood as they attempted to ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Study: Segregation persists in Chicago with hurdles to fair housing
  Barriers to fair housing are exacerbating segregation in the Chicago area, according to a new study by the John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic. A team looked at housing discrimination cases between 2009-12 and found a 30 percent increase in clients who alleged ‘source of income’ discrimination. In housing terms, that’s when landlords turn down renters because they have subsidized ...
  June 11, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
• A Daughter's Struggle To Overcome A Legacy Of Segregation
  On June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood at the University of Alabama to block two black students attempting to cross the color line and register for classes. The event forever associated him with segregation. His daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, 63, is trying to shake that link.
  June 11, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

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• Roscoe Brown in Sydney Morning Herald
  We grew up in segregation,Roscoe Brown, 86, recalled this week. "The Tuskegee Airmen were the way that the general public became aware that African Americans can do anything."
• Ellen DeGeneres in TheCelebrityCafe.com
  DeGeneres said: "I obviously feel like it's long overdue:I think someday people will look back on this like women not having the right to vote, and segregation, and anything else that seems ridiculous that we didn't have all the same rights."
• John McCain in New York Times
  Think about the students from this university who braved tear gas and water hoses and beatings and bullets to protest the injustice of segregation and usher in a new era of equality and never lived to see the day of an African-American man running... Hillary Rodham Clinton http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHOarXVfe0H5lTsVdy93IEoGrJtYg Guardian Unlimited http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6628326,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEK2T4E49AMLRSIIJAkdC1au7IJJw May 12, 2007 87552 117009 segregationist The notion," the McCain statement added, "that legitimate criticism of Senator Obama's record and positions could be compared to Gov. George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this...