non-White
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Usage
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
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As a result of that ruling, Texas needed to redraw four of the majority non-white congressional districts it had crafted in 2021, Dhillon wrote.
From Salon
Pretty much every other “Predator” movie is visibly diverse, while there are just two non-white people with a major onscreen role in “Badlands”: its Samoan-Tongan star, Schuster-Koloamatangi, and Rohinal Narayan, who plays Bud.
From Salon
To declare Naru to be the start of a trend of non-white women being featured in parts to rival “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Hanna,” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be wildly optimistic.
From Salon
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.
From BBC
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.
From BBC
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