Segregation is defined by the Encarta Dictionary as ‘the practice of keeping ethnic, racial, religious, or gender groups separate’.
The most famous examples of segregation are the segregation of the Jews in Nazi-operated Germany during the 1930s and ‘40s, and the segregation of the Black population in America, particularly the Southern States.
The belief of Dictator Adolf Hitler in Germany was that the pure-blood Germans, known as the Aryan Race, were superior to all other peoples. This led to the Jews being discriminated against, along with other races such as the Romas, or gypsies. Jews were forced to wear yellow ribbons or the Star of David, in order to separate them from the pure-blooded Germans. The mixing of Jewish people with Germans was forbidden, as was marriage between the two outlawed. They were stopped from using public transport, allowed shop only from 3pm to 5pm, and piled into concentration camps.
In the United States, after slavery was made illegal by the Thirteenth Amendment, state and local laws known as the ’Jim Crowe Laws’ kept the black and white populations separated. Public schools, transport and places such as restaurants, public restrooms and drinking fountains were segregated, meaning that black Americans could use only certain areas of them. The most recognisable example of this is the public bus, which was separated into two sections; the front for the white people, and the back for the blacks. Rosa Parks, a civil-rights activist, brought this discrimination to the public eye when, with no other seats available, she sat in the white section.
Segregation is the separation of a group for reason of race, religion, gender or ethnicity. It has been a major cause of struggle in history, and today occurs wherever a smaller group is separated from the larger social group.
The most famous examples of segregation are the segregation of the Jews in Nazi-operated Germany during the 1930s and ‘40s, and the segregation of the Black population in America, particularly the Southern States.
The belief of Dictator Adolf Hitler in Germany was that the pure-blood Germans, known as the Aryan Race, were superior to all other peoples. This led to the Jews being discriminated against, along with other races such as the Romas, or gypsies. Jews were forced to wear yellow ribbons or the Star of David, in order to separate them from the pure-blooded Germans. The mixing of Jewish people with Germans was forbidden, as was marriage between the two outlawed. They were stopped from using public transport, allowed shop only from 3pm to 5pm, and piled into concentration camps.
In the United States, after slavery was made illegal by the Thirteenth Amendment, state and local laws known as the ’Jim Crowe Laws’ kept the black and white populations separated. Public schools, transport and places such as restaurants, public restrooms and drinking fountains were segregated, meaning that black Americans could use only certain areas of them. The most recognisable example of this is the public bus, which was separated into two sections; the front for the white people, and the back for the blacks. Rosa Parks, a civil-rights activist, brought this discrimination to the public eye when, with no other seats available, she sat in the white section.
Segregation is the separation of a group for reason of race, religion, gender or ethnicity. It has been a major cause of struggle in history, and today occurs wherever a smaller group is separated from the larger social group.
