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单词 color bar
释义

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 the
In London, the department funded two student hostels, which aided the many students whom the color bar prevented from finding decent lodging … Aminatta FornaAs a minor leaguer, he was one of five players who broke the color bar in the South Atlantic League.The (Mankato, Minnesota) Free Press

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 Massingale said his father couldn’t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters’ union. NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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