Definitions

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  • noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

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Examples

  • As for being racist, I have a lot more sympathy for racist presumptions on the part of a black person -- any reasonably intelligent black person, let alone an actual scholar OF THE VERY SUBJECT -- in an encounter with the police than I would for the same presumptions from the police regarding a black person.

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  • As for being racist, I have a lot more sympathy for racist presumptions on the part of a black person -- any reasonably intelligent black person, let alone an actual scholar OF THE VERY SUBJECT -- in an encounter with the police than I would for the same presumptions from the police regarding a black person.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • As for being racist, I have a lot more sympathy for racist presumptions on the part of a black person -- any reasonably intelligent black person, let alone an actual scholar OF THE VERY SUBJECT -- in an encounter with the police than I would for the same presumptions from the police regarding a black person.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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