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segregate

verb as in discriminate and separate

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The Supreme Court takes up segregated political maps, a temporary remedy that has lingered on.

Racial gerrymanders were proposed as a temporary remedy to guard against black voter disenfranchisement, but any fair reading of voting patterns in recent decades demonstrates that drawing segregated political maps no longer makes sense.

Black Americans had been segregated in the service and often barred from combat roles, leaving them with essentially custodial duties.

The neighborhoods that were bulldozed in the name of “urban renewal” were also segregated.

“But,” she added, “I’m very fearful that we are headed towards a less inclusive, less diverse and more segregated public school setting.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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