separate but equal
/ˌseprət bət ˈiːkwəl/
/ˌseprət bət ˈiːkwəl/
- the phrase used to support the principle of segregation in the southern US. It was based on a US Supreme Court decision in 1896 which said that segregation was legal provided that the separate facilities for black people were equal to those for white people. It was also used as an excuse for segregation in schools, restaurants, etc., where conditions for black people were usually much worse than those for white people. The Supreme Court case of Brown v Board of Education in 1954 resulted in a decision which ended the principle of 'separate but equal'.
独立但平等：用于支持美国南部隔离原则的短语。它基于1896年美国最高法院的一项决定，该决定说，只要黑人的单独设施与白人的设施相等，隔离就是合法的。它也被用作在学校，饭店等地方隔离的借口，那里黑人的条件通常比白人要差得多。1954年布朗诉教育委员会一案的最高法院裁决导致“独立但平等”原则的终结。