color bar
noun
variants
US color bar
or British colour bar
plural color bars
: a set of societal or legal barriers that segregates people of color from white people (as by restricting social interaction or requiring separate facilities) and prevents people of color from exercising the same rights and accessing the same opportunities as white people : color line
"Rosetta [LeNoire] did more than dream of a theater with no color bar—she actually built one," he [Bill Clinton] said.—Douglas Martin
—usually used with theIn London, the department funded two student hostels, which aided the many students whom the color bar prevented from finding decent lodging …—Aminatta Forna
As a minor leaguer, he was one of five players who broke the color bar in the South Atlantic League.—The (Mankato, Minnesota) Free Press
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