The Neon Orchids of Hong Kong Island

Segregation Experience

Segregation

The evil of segregation is most infamously associated with the American plantation economy, and many thought segregation ended with Martin Luther King's tour of Washington, D.C. However, this is far from reality; segregation has taken less obvious and more sinister forms, some subtler than historical precedents, many a mere repetition of history. Throughout history, segregation was the gold standard for aristocratic management; knights and priests resided in high castles far from the villages, and "barbarians" and nomads were barred from entering the fief. Serfs living in the countryside could never enter the boyars’ city where craftsmen and mercenaries served their lords.

The advent of the French Revolution nominally abolished segregation, but the barriers among economic strata did not end with Napoleon’s dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. The new bourgeoisie and the petite bourgeoisie culture sought to prolong economic segregation, ensuring their serfs remained land-bou…