Word: segregationism
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At the same time, it's worth recognizing that the efforts of the U.S. government and others to get people to live in multinational and multiethnic communities are more often than not exercises in futility. Instead, it is often wise to accommodate those pushing for ethnic separation, segregation and homogenization...
Dartmouth's board has emphasized student groupings around interest. Already, students at Dartmouth are highly separated by their residences, both in Greek houses and interest houses. While the board emphasized an "overarching community" which would bring together the cluster communities there is a concern that the current separation of students...
Indignant response to the census form (even the short version) caught many census officials off-guard; questions long viewed as routine are now attacked from every angle. For example, some black community activists argue that black respondents should check only the "black" bubble under race, ignoring the myriad choices and...
Despite the lessons of history, the fierce resistance of many black lawmakers and a statewide boycott by the NAACP, a small band of Palmetto State officials have fought tooth and nail to ensure the continued, prominent display of the Confederate flag from the statehouse dome for everyone in Columbia to...
Before the Supreme Court's 1954 decision on Brown v. Board of Education, the idea of maintaining "separate but equal" facilities for different groups (generally blacks and whites) was widely accepted, especially in the South. ACLU officials found Parkwood's idea of separate classrooms a bit too reminiscent of a...