resegregate

verb

re·seg·re·gate (ˌ)rē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt

resegregated; resegregating

transitive : to impose segregation in or on (a place or group) again

resegregating schools/students

resegregated the city

intransitive : to become segregated again

In many cities the schools integrated only to resegregate.—

Adam Fairclough

resegregation

(ˌ)rē-ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən

noun

… signed an order that he and school officials hoped would stop the resegregation. —

Roy Reed

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Even as America’s major metropolitan regions become more diverse, the country has begun to resegregate into more racially homogeneous neighborhoods. —

Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2021 More:45 years after Louisville's busing riots, could a proposal cause schools to resegregate? —

Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2021 When Wilson became president, the federal workforce was integrated; Wilson acted to resegregate it. —

Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020 Wilson's history as an American politician has been marred by his support of segregationist policies, including allowing multiple federal agencies and his Cabinet to resegregate despite being integrated following Reconstruction. —

Fox News, 19 June 2020