Segregation. It’s a one word that has divided a nation for centuries and continues to do so. It began in 1619 in American when the first slaves arrived in Virginia. This began an entire war in the southern states of America, as white people felt superior to African-American people, which was accepted at first, as it was the norm of society, as nobody knew any differently. However as time progressed African-Americans began to realise the injustice. It is debatable whether laws throughout America helped or hindered the position of ethnic minorities (mainly African-Americans). Laws may have created the ideology of superiority of white people. Segregation divided a society, giving cause to wide spread racism throughout America, for example the
