colour bar

British  

noun

1. discrimination against people of a different race, esp as practised by White people against Black people

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Example Sentences

Though its name sounds like a Marvel movie franchise waiting to happen, the League had a serious objective - eliminating the colour bar.

From BBC

He was born as Brazilian sport was still struggling to overcome the colour bar.

From The Guardian

In an echo of apartheid South Africa or segregation-era United States, a colour bar was imposed across the city: Africans were refused entry by hospitals, hotels, supermarkets, shops and food outlets.

From The Guardian

He staged sit-ins at a Leicester pub in the 1960s, which at that time operated a colour bar.

From The Guardian

He went on to score a succession of hits that were aimed at adolescent audiences, transcending the colour bar that plagued many black artists of his generation.

From BBC