W.E.B. Du Bois argued in 1935 that the problem was not racial separation per se, but unequal resources and the internalization of white supremacist assumptions about Black inferiority.

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Racial separation (segregation)(as the policy Du Bois was critiquing): The forced or de facto division of people into separate groups based on race, affecting where they can live, work, go to school, and socialize.
W.E.B. Du Bois(as a historical figure): An African American sociologist, historian, and civil rights leader (1868-1963) who wrote about racism, Black identity, and worked to advance African American rights and full participation in society.
White supremacy / white supremacist assumptions(as the belief system Du Bois identified as the real problem): The belief that white people are superior to other races and should have more power and status; supremacist assumptions are the false beliefs that flow from this ideology.
internalization(The statement questions whether the rule has been genuinely absorbed into the logical system or is just pretend.): The process of taking something external (like a rule or standard) and making it part of your own thinking or a logical system.
per se(Contrasted with per accidens in explaining how one contrary relates to another): Of itself; intrinsically or essentially

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