black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
nonblack
-
a word derived from
black.
Example Sentences
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Longtime Black Lives Matter activists say they have never before seen so many white people and nonblack people of color flock to their cause.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2020
McKinney, who is black, started the hashtag on Saturday, hoping to highlight the pay inequality between black and nonblack writers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2020
Just a quarter of a century earlier, national data show, nonblack students accounted for only about 15 percent of students at these schools.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2019
It’s not that a nonblack filmmaker categorically cannot tell Violet’s story.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2018
He testified that nonblack defendants were routinely prosecuted in state, rather than federal, court.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
