▁soci ally ▁inferior . ▁National ists ▁( non - rac ists ) ▁or ▁rac ists , ▁ul tr an ational ists , ▁other ▁' sup rem ac ist ' ▁or ▁eth no - cent ric ▁groups ▁commonly ▁seg reg ate ▁themselves ▁from ▁other ▁communities ▁through ▁various ▁practices ▁like ▁end og amy . ▁The ▁apart heid ▁system ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁was ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁tr end . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁auto - se greg ation ▁ ▁Sweden ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁research er ▁Emma ▁Ne uman ▁at ▁Lin na eus ▁University , ▁seg reg ation ▁sets ▁in ▁at ▁population ▁share ▁around ▁ 3 - 4 % ▁of ▁non - Europe an ▁migr ants ▁in ▁a ▁district , ▁while ▁European ▁imm igration ▁shows ▁no ▁such ▁tr end . ▁The ▁study ▁compr ised ▁the ▁ 1 2 ▁largest ▁municipal ities ▁of ▁Sweden ▁for ▁the ▁period ▁ 1 9 9 0 - 2 0 0 7 . ▁High ▁income ▁ear ners ▁and ▁highly ▁educated ▁move ▁out ▁of ▁non - Europe an ▁migr ant ▁districts ▁first ▁where ▁eth nic ▁seg reg ation ▁in ▁turn ▁leads ▁to ▁social ▁seg reg ation . ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁at ▁Ö re bro ▁University ▁concluded ▁that ▁while ▁Swedish ▁parents ▁stated ▁positive ▁views ▁towards ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁mult icult ural ism , ▁in ▁practice ▁they ▁still ▁chose ▁Swedish - major ity ▁schools ▁for ▁their ▁off spring ▁so ▁their ▁children ▁won ' t ▁be ▁an ▁eth nic ▁minor ity ▁during ▁their ▁form ative ▁years ▁and ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁good ▁environment ▁to ▁develop ▁their ▁native