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- noun Plural form of
nonblack .
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Examples
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There is the matter of its being on BET, which in theory shouldn't dissuade nonblacks from watching but probably will anyway.
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Bias-related crimes aside (black gay men are more likely to be bashed by members of their own race than by nonblacks), there's the bizarre fact that queerness reads, even to some black gay men themselves, as a kind of whiteness.
Michael Als, Hilton 2009
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Of course, this would increase the AIDS rate among nonblacks rather than reduce it among blacks -- but no one ever said overcoming racism would be cost-free.
The Biden Curve 2009
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I think more about his positions and policies than I do about what his candidacy means to African-Americans or nonblacks.
Obama Vs. Hillary: Who Has The Magic Bullet Needed To Beat Republicans? 2009
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The results are robust across many alternative specifications, and further show that blacks receive significantly greater returns to their cognitive ability than nonblacks.
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The deepest racial divide, between blacks and nonblacks, endures.
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He barely split the African-American vote with prosecutor Sharon McPhail while drawing more than 80 percent of nonblacks.
New Deal In Detroit 2008
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On the other hand, in order to attract votes among nonblacks, Obama needs to guard carefully his postracial credentials.
Check, Please 2008
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In other words, people like Mr. Barrett, who marvels at a term like "ghetto pass," which refers to street credibility for nonblacks, are in demand.
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That plan has come under fire from the Detroit Free Press who says it "touts racial separation, blames immigrants for stealing resources and jobs, and tells city leaders to be wary of nonblacks moving into the city."
Jim Clingman Mentor Behind Detroit Africa Town Plan Nathaniel Livingston 2004
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