Human Geographical Segregation
- Segregation, as a broad concept, has appeared in all parts of the world where people exist - in different contexts and times it takes on different forms, shaped by the physical and human environments. The spatial concentration of population groups is not a new phenomenon. Since societies began to form there have been segregated inhabitants. Either segregated purposefully by force, or gradually over time, segregation was based on socio-economic, religious, or ethnic grounds. Some groups choose to be segregated to strengthen social identity.
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Famous quotes containing the words human, geographical and/or segregation:
“The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!”
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