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GCSE History · key term
A policy or practice excluding people from jobs, accommodation or services because of their race or skin colour.
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A policy or practice excluding people from employment or services because of their colour or racial background.
Revise: Minority RightsEmployment could also be restricted by a colour bar. For example, the Bristol Omnibus Company refused to employ Black and Asian workers. This illustrates the contradiction between Britain’s need for labour and the exclusion of people willing to provide it.
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A formal or informal restriction excluding people from jobs, services or opportunities because of their skin colour.
Revise: Experience and Impact of MigrantsEmployment could also be restricted by a colour bar, which excluded Black and Asian workers from certain jobs. Migrants could thus be needed by the economy while being denied equal access to its opportunities.
A policy or practice that excludes people from jobs, services or places because of their race or skin colour.
Racial discrimination that excluded Black people from places or opportunities, including entry to some pubs and clubs.
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An arrangement that excludes people from employment, housing or services because of their colour.
Revise: Modern Immigration Debates and Policy (1962–2010)Some migrants encountered colour bars in employment and housing, while politicians debated whether Commonwealth citizens should continue to be able to enter Britain freely.
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Revise: Commonwealth migrantsEmployers could also operate a colour bar, excluding people because of their race even when workers were needed.
Distinguish change from continuing problems. Ending Bristol’s bus colour bar was a significant achievement, but it did not end racial discrimination generally.
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