segregationist
Racial division supporter
A segregationist advocates for the separation of racial groups, particularly in public facilities, housing, and schools.
The term is most associated with white Americans who opposed civil rights and racial integration in the mid-twentieth century: Segregationist politicians blocked school desegregation for years.
As an adjective, it describes such policies or views: segregationist laws, segregationist ideology.
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
oppression · marginalization · disenfranchisement · persecution · subjugation · dehumanization · voter suppression · literacy test
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- white supremacyDoctrine of racial superiority
- racial purityIdeology of ethnic exclusivity
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
supremacist · racist · racialism · ethnocentrism · nativism · antebellum · colonialism · separatism
Barrier separating spaces
- divisionSplitting into parts
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- isolationComplete separation from others
enclave · ghetto · partitioned · color bar · whites only · separate facilities · blockbusting · white flight
Combining into a whole
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
- Freedom RidersBus-borne civil rights activists
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
boycott · NAACP · protest · activism · march · demonstration · nonviolent resistance · Martin Luther King
One who advocates something
- activistVigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- supporterOne who backs another
- defenderOne who guards another
apologist · upholder · propagandist · demagogue · hardliner · reactionary · obstructionist · filibusterer
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
injustice · oppression · marginalization · disenfranchisement · persecution · subjugation · dehumanization · voter suppression · literacy test · poll tax
apartheid
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- white supremacyDoctrine of racial superiority
- racial purityIdeology of ethnic exclusivity
eugenics · supremacist · racist · racialism · ethnocentrism · nativism · antebellum · colonialism · separatism · white nationalism
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- divisionSplitting into parts
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
isolation · enclave · ghetto · partitioned · color bar · whites only · separate facilities · blockbusting · white flight · lunch counter
integration
Combining into a whole
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
- Freedom RidersBus-borne civil rights activists
sit-in · boycott · NAACP · protest · activism · march · demonstration · nonviolent resistance · Martin Luther King · Rosa Parks
proponent
One who advocates something
- activistVigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- supporterOne who backs another
defender · apologist · upholder · propagandist · demagogue · hardliner · reactionary · obstructionist · filibusterer · George Wallace
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
- racismracism, racial bias, white supremacy, racial discrimination, bigotry
segregationistintegrationist
Opposes segregated systems
civil rights activist · freedom rider · abolitionist · Martin Luther King Jr. · progressive
segregationistintegrationist
Opposes segregated systems
pluralist · multiculturalist · egalitarian · universalist · cosmopolitan
- segregationist policiesRules enforcing group separation