page_title: Racial segregation
section_title: South Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Racial segregation / South Africa
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: 'n Tweetalige apartheidsera kennisgewing te Muizenberg, Wes-Kaap: "NET BLANKES Hierdie strand en die geriewe daarvan is net vir blankes aangewys. Op las – Provinsiale Sekretaris" Deutsch: Verbotsschild für Nichtweiße am Strand von Muizenberg, Kapstadt. – Nur für Weiße - Nichtweiße und Hunde verboten! English: Signs on a beach in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. The top sign is in English and Afrikaans; the English version states: "WHITE PERSONS ONLY This beach &amp; the amenities thereof have been reserved for white persons only. By order, Provincial Secretary" The bottom sign indicates that dogs are not permitted on the beach.
context_page_description: Racial segregation means separating people because of their races. Segregation was legal and normal in many countries across the world, for many years. For example, until 1964, it was still legal to separate white and African-American people in some states. In South Africa, from the 1940s until the 1990s, a system called apartheid kept white and black South Africans separate. Racial segregation has happened in many other countries, throughout history.
  Segregation is not as simple as having "separate but equal" places for people of different races. Segregation happens when a country or a society views one race as better than another. The goal of segregation is to keep the "inferior" race away from the "better" race. Because one race is seen as "inferior," people of that race are not treated well. They go through discrimination. Often they are not given basic rights, like the right to vote. As a United States Supreme Court judge said in a case about segregation in schools: "separate facilities are [always] unequal." Things did stop segregation, like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.
caption: Sign at a beach saying 'blacks and dogs are not allowed'
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