pertaining to a racial policy by which black people may be segregated if granted equal opportunities and facilities, as for education, transportation, or jobs
Examples of 'separate but equal' in a sentence
separate but equal
In a unanimous decision, the court struck down 'separate but equal' schooling that pervaded the former slave-owning southern states.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He also discovered that the legal doctrine of 'separate but equal' was a relatively recent idea.