de facto segregation
Unlegislated racial division
De facto segregation is racial separation that exists in practice without being mandated by law.
Unlike de jure segregation, which was legally enforced, de facto segregation emerges from housing patterns, school district boundaries, economic disparities, and private discrimination: The city's schools remained segregated de facto long after integration laws passed.
The term acknowledges that formal legal equality doesn't automatically produce integrated institutions.
- racialConcerning ethnic origin
- racial divideSeparation between ethnic groups
- color lineSegregation by race
- separate but equalRacial segregation's constitutional fiction
- housingDwellings or protective covering
neighborhoods · wrong side of the tracks · inner city · redlining · schools · neighborhood schools · school district · separation · inequality · urban · suburbs · discrimination · boundaries · zoning · white flight · sundown towns · ghetto · barriers
de facto segregationintegration
Combining into a whole
desegregation · racial integration · social integration · inclusive communities · diversity
de facto segregationforced busing
Mandated student transfers for racial balance
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