Akademik

barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

colour bar noun

Social discrimination esp by whites against other races

Main Entry: ↑colour

colour bar UK US noun [singular]

a set of laws or customs, especially in the past, intended to stop black and white people living and working together and having equal status in society

Thesaurus: race relations and racism_hyponym equal rights_synonym

ˈcolour bar [colour bar] (especially US ˈcolor bar, color line) noun usually singular

a social system which does not allow black people the same rights as white people

See also: ↑color bar ▪ ↑color line