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Caution: An author is
telling you different things when
using these words: ·
civil rights ·
discrimination ·
segregation The author
means something even more if the author includes in the sentence such words
as legal or by law or supreme law of
the land (a reference to our Constitution). Notice the Caution with segregation
below. |
Always
use the dictionary for any terms that you don’t know and that are in sections
of the textbook that you use. These definitions are from Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, available at
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
The
words defined on this page are:
Main Entry: caste
Pronunciation: \ˈkast
also ˈkäst\ Function: noun
Etymology: Portuguese casta, literally, race, lineage,
… Date: 1613
1 : one of the
hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their
members and their association with the members of other castes
2 a : a division of
society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege,
profession, occupation, or race b : the position conferred by caste
standing : prestige
3 : a system of
rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and
social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion
Main
Entry: civil rights Function:
noun plural Date: 1658
: the
nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially : the rights of
personal liberty guaranteed to
Main Entry: dis·crim·i·na·tion
Pronunciation: \dis-ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən\
Function: noun Date: 1648
1 a : the act of discriminating b : the process by
which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
2 : the quality or
power of finely distinguishing
3 a : the act,
practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than
individually b : prejudiced or
prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment <racial discrimination>
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Caution in reading
the next definition: Words mean something. “Separation or isolation” are different from other forms of discrimination. Further,
an author is telling you something with he or she adds these words to the
words separation or isolation:
Look at the examples of voluntary and
enforced separation in chronological order: ·
Before the
Civil War,
whites had forced black slaves to worship in white churches. ·
After the
Civil War and the end of slavery in 1865, the new freedmen want their
own churches. ·
After the late
1880s in some areas,
whites only let freedmen live in one section of the town. |
Main Entry:
seg·re·ga·tion Pronunciation:
\ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən\ Function:
noun Date: 1555
1 : the act or
process of segregating : the state of
being segregated
2 a : the separation
or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence
in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate
educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means b : the separation
for special treatment or observation of individuals or items from a larger
group <segregation of gifted children into accelerated classes
Related
Words – with 4 of them defined below
loneliness,
lonesomeness;
vacuum;
confinement,
incarceration,
internment,
quarantine;
retirement,
withdrawal;
ghettoization
ghettonoun \ˈge-(ˌ)tō\ :
a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually
in poor conditions |
incarceration1
: to put in prison 2
: to subject to confinement |
internment
: to confine or impound
especially during a war <intern enemy aliens> |
Quarantine
a :
a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport
of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests |