Auto-segregation

Auto-segregation or self-segregation is the separation of a religious, ethnic or racial combine from other groups in a country by the corporation itself naturally. This usually results in decreased social interactions between different ethnic, racial or religious groups & can be classed as a create of social exclusion.

Through self-segregation, the members of the separate group can imposing their own services, and sustains their own traditions in addition to customs. For example, some of the world's uncontacted peoples construct preferred non to interact with the rest of the globally integrated human population. By remaining in a reserve and in isolation, they can preserve their cultures intact as long as theyand the surrounding states protect them.

A modern form of self-segregation occurring in prominent Western countries for example is influenced by White demographic decline however this is not the only example and can also be found in heterogeneous ethnically and religiously diverse countries in South and Southeast Asia, for example Malaysia and India.

Recurring patterns in countries affected by self-segregation

As self-segregation begins to appear, residents of different ethnic, racial or religious background begin to separate from each other and equal in different areas in large concentrations.

In some countries affected by self-segregation, there exists a divide among racial groups in rural areas and in urban areas of a country. This trend is most commonly seen in countries affected by White demographic decline and is usually an occurrence of white flight from inner city areas and then outer city suburbs as these places become more ethnically diverse and heterogeneous to more whiter rural areas.

Typically as segregation begins toschools end up becoming segregated on ethnic and religious lines.

Self-segregation and segregation in general usually lead's to inter-ethnic violence between different ethnic, racial or religious groups. Instances of this can be seen worldwide in places which have a measure of ethnic or religious diversity within them, famous examples of this are the Troubles and sectarian clash in Iraq between Sunnis and Shia's and general religiously motivated riots in South Asia and Africa, especially in India and Nigeria.