de facto segregation

Cultural Dictionary
de facto segregation [(di fak-toh, day fak-toh)]

Racial segregation, especially in public schools, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement. For example, often the concentration of African-Americans in certain neighborhoods produces neighborhood schools that are predominantly black, or segregated in fact (de facto), although not by law (de jure).

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WordNet
de facto segregation

noun
segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law 
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