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color line
noun[ Cusually singular ]
USuk /ˈkʌl.ə ˌlaɪn/ us /ˈkʌl.ɚ ˌlaɪn/(US alsocolor bar); (UKcolour bar)
a social and legal system in which people of different races are separated and not given the same rights and opportunities肤色障碍，种族障碍（指实行种族隔离、权利与机遇因种族而异的社会和法律制度）
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Jim CrowUSold-fashioneddisapproving
He said he was very much opposed to the color line in politics.
He saw, however, that commerce recognized no color line.
The uplift of women is, next to the problem of the color line and the peace movement, our greatest modern cause.
This difference has largely disappeared, but some vestiges of the color line remain.
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