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    It is not the case that 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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    • 1.De facto segregation inherently prevents equal resources; separation and inequality are structurally inseparable in practice.
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    • 2.Framing separation as neutral obscures how segregation itself was designed to extract wealth and restrict Black opportunity historically.
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    • 3.Separate institutions, however well-resourced, perpetuate marginalization and prevent the political power that integration could provide.
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    • 1.Separate institutions with equal funding can enable community self-determination and cultural pride without systemic oppression.
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    • 2.Psychological internalization of inferiority is a primary mechanism of racial subordination, independent of physical separation itself.
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    • 3.Resource disparity, not separation, explains worse outcomes in segregated Black communities, making redistribution the core remedy.
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