单词 | colour bar law |
释义 | > as lemmascolour bar law General attributive, esp. in colour bar law.In early use in sense 2. ΚΠ 1922 Internat. Rev. Missions 11 252 The system of artificial colour-bar laws with exploitation of the black man's sweat and blood is already producing a deep but quiet feeling of resentment in the black man's heart. 1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 183 The mines now employed coloured men on engine-driving, which was one of the occupations forbidden by the colour-bar regulation. 1944 Manifesto ANC Youth League in N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1986) ii. i. 14 The Colour Bar Act which shuts Africans from skilled trades etc., thereby blocked their way to Civilisation via these channels. 1959 Mod. Law. Rev. 22 702 The hotting-up of the colour-bar controversy. 1961 P. Mason Common Sense about Race iv. iii. 155 South Africa, the most extreme example of a colour bar country. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 15 A series of landmark court cases had undermined the colour bar laws that kept negroes in a subordinate position. < as lemmas |
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