All 3 Uses of
segregation
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- I don't remember much of the trip, but after we reached the segregated southern part of the journey, things must have looked up.†
p. 5.5
- In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.†
p. 25.4 *
- Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly—mostly—let them have their whiteness.†
p. 131.5
Definition:
the act of keeping people or things separate -- especially people due to discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, or religion