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segregation: see apartheid apartheid (əpärt`hīt) [Afrik. ..... Click the link for more information. ; integration integration, in U.S. history, the goal of an organized movement to break down the barriers of discrimination and segregation separating African Americans from the rest of American society. ..... Click the link for more information. . segregation 1. Genetics the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes 2. Metallurgy the process in which a component of an alloy or solid solution separates in small regions within the solid or on the solid's surface How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These segregations had political and social consequences according to historians and ethnographers of New York. Later sociological studies report that job and workplace segregations and the devaluation of female and minority jobs are to be blamed for the resulting wage gaps between men and women, Caucasians and non-Caucasians (England 1992; Tomaskovic-Devey and Skaggs 1999; Tomaskovic-Devey and Skaggs 2002). Wilmott is concerned that the segregations in the federal prisons may be a sign of the future. |
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