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

It is one of many using civil rights law to claim that the Constitution is colorblind and any institutional practice or program dedicated to leveling the playing field for non-white people discriminates against white people.

From Salon

They have portraits of non-white people on display!

From Salon

There’s a photo of a non-white person in a wheelchair!

From Salon

Justifying the multicultural casting in “Bridgerton,” a Regency-era fable, is simpler than explaining the presence of non-white nobles in Emperor Peter III’s Russia as depicted in “The Great.”

From Salon

She says friends have described their daughters being "grabbed" by young, non-white men in the area.

From BBC