Segregation Vs Segregation

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. A black writer named Robin Yaesha Deane wrote in the Los Angeles Times Editorial, that she went to a drugstore to find a hair product, when she went to the aisle of hair products the stuff she needed was in front of the store locked up in a glass case labeled “ethnic products.” The reason why they did this was because they were scared of the products getting stolen. That was a blatant form of racism. This is not the only incident that has happened that shows they are treated cruelly. Because segregation is still a problem in the United States, people are quick to judge race. Black and white people don't go to the same schools, live in the same neighborhoods, or attend the same churches. The two races don't know one another, so they're afraid

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