resegregate
Divide once more
Resegregate means to segregate again—to separate by race, class, or category after a period of integration.
The term appears most often in discussions of schools and neighborhoods that had achieved some integration but reverted to separation: Many urban schools have resegregated since the 1990s.
The prefix *re-* emphasizes that this is a return to a prior divided state.
Divide into hostile units
- ghettoizeIsolate into separate areas
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- alienateCause emotional distance
polarize · splinter · divide · fragment · estrange · isolate · exclude · stratify
Refusing loans by neighborhood
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
redistricting · housing discrimination · white flight · blockbusting · separate but equal · tracking
Barrier separating spaces
- reclassifyAssign new category
- redistrictRedraw electoral boundaries
- redividePartition anew
- separateTo set apart
sort · split · isolate · quarantine · cordon off · wall off · exclude · bar
Revert to bad habits
- regressRevert to earlier state
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- undoReverse a prior action
- reverseTurn to opposite
rollback · retreat · backtrack · relapse · retrogress · roll back · setback
Unjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
bias · prejudice · oppression · exclusion · marginalization · stratification · hierarchy · two-tiered
balkanize
Divide into hostile units
- ghettoizeIsolate into separate areas
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- ostracizeExclude from a group
alienate · polarize · splinter · divide · fragment · estrange · isolate · exclude · stratify · cluster
redlining
Refusing loans by neighborhood
gerrymandering · redistricting · housing discrimination · white flight · blockbusting · separate but equal · tracking
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- reclassifyAssign new category
- redistrictRedraw electoral boundaries
- redividePartition anew
separate · sort · split · isolate · quarantine · cordon off · wall off · exclude · bar · restrict
backslide
Revert to bad habits
reverse · rollback · retreat · backtrack · relapse · retrogress · roll back · setback
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
racism · bias · prejudice · oppression · exclusion · marginalization · stratification · hierarchy · two-tiered · institutional racism
resegregateintegrate
Combine into unified whole
desegregate · unify · mix · mainstream · include
resegregatereintegrate
Return to unified state
reunify · reunite · consolidate · incorporate