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color line

[kuhl-er lahyn] / ˈkʌl ər ˌlaɪn /
NOUN
discriminatory barrier separating nonwhite people from white people
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This is the moment for us to lean into solidarity — to learn from our shared history of struggling for a better society and democracy on both sides of the color line.

From Salon

She was determined to shine a light on what, for many Americans on both sides of the color line, is a hidden and forgotten history.

From Salon

When Jackie Robinson entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his informational plaque didn’t mention that he had broken baseball’s color line.

From The Wall Street Journal

Historically, it has fallen to young, poor and working-class people on both sides of the color line to make that sacrifice.

From Salon

Du Bois famously observed that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”

From Salon