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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A set of societal or legal barriers that segregates people of color from white people (as by restricting social interaction or requiring separate facilities) and prevents people of color from exercising the same rights and accessing the same opportunities as white people ...

CONT

During baseball's infancy, a colour barrier was put up by the first formal organization of baseball clubs ... When the first professional league was formed four years later, it had no written rule barring Black players, but it was tacitly understood that they were not welcome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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