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单词 color line
释义

color line

noun

variants US color line or British colour line
plural color lines
: 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
usually used with the
His father … had grown up in California with Jackie Robinson, who broke the color line in Major League Baseball. Maureen O'Donnell

called also color bar

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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