Question

What is the difference between de jure segregation and de facto segregation? Even when a majority of the public in the 1950s and 1960s became supportive of ending de jure segregation, the major efforts at resolving continued de facto segregation - busing and affirmative action - were quite unpopular. What is meant by "busing" and "affirmative action"?

a) De jure segregation - segregation as provide for by law
b) De facto segregation - segregation in fact despite not being mandated by law
c) Busing - civil rights policy during 1960s that would transport children by bus across attendance zones to achieve a degree of racial integration
d) Affirmative action - policies by which government agencies move to remedy past discrimination by assuring inclusion of under-represented groups thought the use of goals, quotas, and timetables

Answer 1

The answers a, b, c and d are correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

De jure segregation is racial discrimination that is enforced by law. Some examples of this can be the segregation of schools( there were schools for black people and schools for white people), drinking fountains for white people, lower salaries for teachers in black schools or the segregation of neighborhoods.

De facto segregation is a racial discrimination that is not enforced by law.It is brought about by social norms, preferences and prejudice. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ,which ended segregation, black people still were discriminated. They still have to sit at the back of buses, stand at the side of the road when boarding buses to make room for white people, students still suffered harassment in public schools, they still could not have good jobs, etc.

Busing also known as desegregation busing is the practice of transporting white and black students to schools within or outside their local school districts in order to reduce the racial segregation in schools and encourage equality. While affirmative action describes policies that protect and support members of disadvantaged groups that has been discriminated or still are in areas like education, employment, or housing. For example, there were higher education institutions that adopted policies which seek to increase the number of racial minorities in their institution.