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nonracial

British  
/ nɒnˈreɪʃəl /

adjective

  1. not related to racial factors or discrimination

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The proposed tax rules would allow schools to continue to use nonracial criteria, including family income, geography or first-generation college status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"South Africa's lawyers have done the nonracial, post-apartheid country proud," he added.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024

From a legal perspective, a policy with discriminatory intent is unconstitutional even if it uses nonracial or seemingly race-neutral factors to achieve a racial result: It violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022

Reinstatement didn't come until 1992, when apartheid laws were dissolving and South Africa's long-divided soccer associations had united as the nonracial South African Football Association.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2010

On that day, after months of negotiations at the World Trade Centre, the multiparty forum voted to set a date for the country’s first national, nonracial, one-person- one-vote election: April 27,1994.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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