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COLOUR LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
Synonyms:
color bar; color line; colour bar; colour line; Jim Crow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("colour line" is a kind of...):
ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)