Definitions
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- adj. having skin rich in melanin pigments
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fellow pundit Lee Dixon gave host Gary Lineker a horrified glance as the former Liverpool and Scotland defender used the word twice to refer to non-white players during the BBC's football highlights show last night.
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As a non-white Republican, that our erstwhile leader would still think this is smart or appropriate strategy just makes me angry. —
McCain Starts ‘Country First’ PAC - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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Until then, she had been in "blithe ignorance" about her origins, despite the fact that she was the only non-white person in her family.
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Since like-minded non-white authors could confer, there is also more of a sense that they can try to stand up and be counted, whereas before they might have felt like they were the only one trying to do so, and maybe give up after a while.
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Already, five states have a majority non-white population.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World
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Some demographers believe that 2010 could be the first year that most children born in the country will be non-white.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World
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Consider the way some people North of the Border still are hung up on the fact that the country elected a non-white President, and even those who support the man find it remarkable.
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Also that year, the LDS (Mormon) church extended the Priesthood to non-white males, Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone were shot and killed in San Francisco, Indira Ghandi was elected to Parliament, Jim Jones led a mass suicide of nearly one thousand people at his commune in Guyana, and the Camp David accords were signed between Israel and Egypt.
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In 1970, one in five Americans was non-white -- a figure that has jumped to a third.
Elaine Dutka: Barack Obama and the Changing Political Landscape
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You have to be a non-white person to be able to understand that.
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