Segregation and discrimination were common if not universal world wide, especially among former slave states. It wasn’t always enforced by law, nor were there any legal protections against it. You might as well condemn the US for having blue skies. Again few if any countries did more to promote equality than America and it’s civil rights
leaders (I know the plural form of that word confuses you).
In the United Kingdom, racial segregationoccurred in pubs, workplaces, shops and other commercial premises, which operated a colour bar where non-white customers were banned from using certain rooms and facilities.[1]Segregation also operated in the 20th century in certain professions,[2] in housing[3] and at Buckingham Palace.[4] There were no British laws requiring racial segregation, but until 1965, there were no laws prohibiting racial segregation either
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The cases of racism in some European contexts show that this problem is growing in the world, and Latin America is no exception.
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