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'''Racial segregation''' was the [[Racism|racist]] policy of forcing different ethnic groups to use | {{first pic|Segregated bus.jpg|A segregated [[bus]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}})}} | ||
'''Racial segregation''' was the [[Racism|racist]] policy of forcing different ethnic groups to use separate facilities from each other. Segregationist policies were common in several [[United States of America|US]] states in the [[1950s]], such as [[Alabama]] and [[Mississippi]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) It was also permitted in the [[United Kingdom]] up to at least the [[1960s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) In [[South Africa]], it was known as [[apartheid]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}, {{cs|White Man's Burden (short story)}}, {{cs|Secret of the Black Planet (short story)}}) | |||
By [[1943]], [[Montgomery]], Alabama, had a segregated [[bus]] [[Montgomery City Lines|system]]. [[Black people|Black passengers]] had to enter through and sit at the back, while [[ | By [[1943]], [[Montgomery]], Alabama, had a segregated [[bus]] [[Montgomery City Lines|system]]. [[Black people|Black passengers]] had to enter through and sit at the back, while [[white people|white passengers]] could sit at the front. The sections were determined by movable signs, according to the needs of white passengers. If white people needed the seats in the middle, black passengers had to move back in the bus, by [[law]]. | ||
[[Yasmin Khan]] was unsure where she ought to sit, noting there was a lack of citizens with [[Pakistani]] heritage in Montgomery. She was permitted to sit in the "white" area of the bus on several occasions. | |||
Many other facilities were segregated. A [[Waitress (Rosa)|waitress]] at [[Slim's Bar]] refused to serve [[Ryan Sinclair]] and Yaz, labelling the former as a "[[negro]]" and mistaking the latter for being [[Mexican]]. | |||
The [[Sahara Springs Motel]] was also "whites-only". Ryan and Yaz had to join the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] in their room through the back window. During an inspection by [[Police officer|Police Officer]] [[Mason (Rosa)|Mason]], he made clear that it was a criminal offence to harbour non-white individuals on segregated premises. | |||
In [[1963]], a sign hanging in the window of [[Mrs Smith]]'s [[Shoreditch]] boarding-house read "NO COLOUREDS", | On [[1 December]] [[1955]], [[Rosa Parks]] famously refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, Graham, on a segregated bus, an event witnessed by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], Ryan and Yaz. She was [[arrested]], and the [[5 December|following Monday]], the [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]] began. As a direct result, the racial segregation of buses in Montgomery ended on [[21 December]] [[1956]], ushering in the [[Civil Rights Movement]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) | ||
[[file:No Coloureds sign.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ace]] finds a [[sign]] reading "NO COLOUREDS" hanging in the [[window]] of [[Mike Smith's mother|Mrs. Smith]]'s boarding house. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | |||
In [[1963]], a sign hanging in the window of [[Mrs Smith]]'s [[Shoreditch]] boarding-house read "NO COLOUREDS", forcing [[Ace]] to take it down out of righteous disgust over the practice. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
Racist [[White person|white]] [[American]] [[Parent|parents]] called [[Lucy Wilson]] a "dirty little [[monkey]]" and didn't want their [[children]] [[swimming]] in the same [[Swimming pool|pool]] as her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|8.46 (short story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Racism and xenophobia]] | |||
[[Category:Law and order]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:45, 3 July 2024
Racial segregation was the racist policy of forcing different ethnic groups to use separate facilities from each other. Segregationist policies were common in several US states in the 1950s, such as Alabama and Mississippi. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"]) It was also permitted in the United Kingdom up to at least the 1960s. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"]) In South Africa, it was known as apartheid. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"], White Man's Burden [+]Loading...["White Man's Burden (short story)"], Secret of the Black Planet [+]Loading...["Secret of the Black Planet (short story)"])
By 1943, Montgomery, Alabama, had a segregated bus system. Black passengers had to enter through and sit at the back, while white passengers could sit at the front. The sections were determined by movable signs, according to the needs of white passengers. If white people needed the seats in the middle, black passengers had to move back in the bus, by law.
Yasmin Khan was unsure where she ought to sit, noting there was a lack of citizens with Pakistani heritage in Montgomery. She was permitted to sit in the "white" area of the bus on several occasions.
Many other facilities were segregated. A waitress at Slim's Bar refused to serve Ryan Sinclair and Yaz, labelling the former as a "negro" and mistaking the latter for being Mexican.
The Sahara Springs Motel was also "whites-only". Ryan and Yaz had to join the Thirteenth Doctor and Graham O'Brien in their room through the back window. During an inspection by Police Officer Mason, he made clear that it was a criminal offence to harbour non-white individuals on segregated premises.
On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, Graham, on a segregated bus, an event witnessed by the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan and Yaz. She was arrested, and the following Monday, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. As a direct result, the racial segregation of buses in Montgomery ended on 21 December 1956, ushering in the Civil Rights Movement. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
In 1963, a sign hanging in the window of Mrs Smith's Shoreditch boarding-house read "NO COLOUREDS", forcing Ace to take it down out of righteous disgust over the practice. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Racist white American parents called Lucy Wilson a "dirty little monkey" and didn't want their children swimming in the same pool as her. (PROSE: 8.46 [+]Loading...["8.46 (short story)"])
