Historically, Afro-American and white signers have been segregated socially and physically (only in 1954, the Supreme Court decided that segregation was illegal). Crucially, this segregation was also reflected in separate schools or departments for Black deaf children. As in other cases, separate schooling lead to the use of different signs. Beyond lexical variation, there may also be phonological (e.g. size of the signing space) and syntactic variation (e.g. repetition of signs). Below are some examples of lexical differences; from top to bottom, signs meaning ‘well dressed’, ‘sorry’, and ‘pregnant’.