nonwhite
of or relating to a person or people who are not members of the sociocultural classification marked by slight pigmentation of the skin and associated with European descent: Both immigration and births contributed to nonwhite population growth in the most recent census.
a person who is not a member of the sociocultural classification marked by slight pigmentation of the skin and associated with European descent; a person of color.
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How to use nonwhite in a sentence
This trend will only accelerate as whites lapse at higher rates than nonwhites.
Even Conservative Evangelical Support Couldn’t Save Immigration Reform | Jacob Lupfer | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the PublicMind survey, for instance, Christie picks up 33 percent of “nonwhites.”
How Winning Blacks Makes Christie the Most Electable of All Republicans | Jamelle Bouie | November 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe percentage of white men stayed the same, and nonwhites, both men and women, voted in larger percentages in 2008 than 2004.
British Dictionary definitions for non-White
a person not of the Caucasoid or White race
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