Coloureds (those of mixed heritage) lived in separate medium-density areas, while the whites (Europeans) occupied most of the medium- and all of the low-density areas.

According to Alabama law during the '50s, blacks and whites couldn't occupy the same row.

Like the fact that blacks in New Orleans live in the lowest and most flood-prone elevations, while whites occupy the higher and safer land?

In October 1985, he said, only 22.9 percent of the waiting list for apartments was white, but as of January 1984, whites occupied 64.7 percent of the apartments.

Blacks and whites alike occupy the tent encampments.

Few Blacks at the Top Indeed, a visitor to Pretoria, the administrative capital and a city with a high proportion of Afrikaners, finds whites occupying the offices and answering phones while blacks mow the grass, fix the roads and make the tea.

Later arrivals, ethnic whites and African-American families occupied the older housing behind them.

Critics say that while the new class may be mostly minority, whites still occupy a disproportionately high percentage of the highest-paying jobs.