person of color

Noun

Meaning

(formal) any non-European non-white person

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Examples

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott. Carol Moseley Braun

As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color. Daniel Sunjata

I am definitely a person of color. Vin Diesel

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders. Tom Morello

I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up - you can't avoid that if you're a person of color in this country. Carrie Mae Weems

I joke that a person of color would never make a movie like 'Midnight in Paris.' Nostalgia isn't so enticing. Meshell Ndegeocello

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