non-White

noun

1. a person not of the Caucasoid or White race

Usage

This word may well cause offence. If you need to refer to people's race it may be better to specify it or else to use a phrase such as 'a person from a minority ethnic group'

Example Sentences

The painting is considered special as it was "exceptionally rare" for a non-white veteran of Waterloo to appear in a portrait in 19th-century art, the museum says.

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Although North Carolina's drug fatality statistics look optimistic, thousands of people are still dying - and the state's black, indigenous and non-white populations haven't experienced the same rates of decrease.

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"These pages were filled with hate towards black and other non-white races, especially Muslim people and immigrants," Cutts added.

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"These pages were filled with hate towards black and other non-white races, especially Muslim people and immigrants, with ideas of white supremacy and racial purity together with a belief that there must soon be a race war."

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"When the menopause enlightenment happened, non-white women were still not part of the conversation," says Bami Adenipekun.

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