color line

Noun

Meaning

barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

colour bar color bar colour line jim-crow discrimination segregation racism apartheid fascism sexism racial discrimination black power male chauvinism xenophobia red-baiting
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Antonyms

integration tolerance fairness melting pot equal rights equal opportunity
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Hypernyms

ideological barrier

Examples

Any discussion of politics in American politics which does not seriously consider the context of race and the color line is a priori inadequate and imprecise, if not irresponsible and a public disservice. Source: Internet

Three days after Robinson broke the color line, he took the field against Brooklyn’s hated Harlem rivals for the first time. Source: Internet

Baseball color line One of the most controversial aspects of Landis's commissionership is the question of race. Source: Internet

In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois recorded our sorrowful journey behind the color line in The Souls of Black Folks. Source: Internet

Each color line is formulated instead to achieve a wide range of premixed colors. Source: Internet

The year before, the Pirates had become the fifth team in the NL and ninth in the major leagues to break the baseball color line when they hired Curt Roberts who debuted with the team. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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