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Definitions for PEOPLE OF COLOR
peo·ple of col·or

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. color, colour, people of color, people of colournoun

    a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PEOPLE OF COLOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PEOPLE OF COLOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of PEOPLE OF COLOR in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Northup:

    It's unconscionable that the Fifth Circuit stayed such a well-reasoned decision that allowed constitutionally protected services to return in Texas, patients are being thrown back into a state of chaos and fear, and this cruel law is falling hardest on those who already face discriminatory obstacles in health care, especially Black Indigenous, and other people of color, undocumented immigrants, young people, those struggling to make ends meet, and those in rural areas.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    We're going to legalize marijuana and end the horrifically destructive war on drugs, it has disproportionately targeted people of color and ruined the lives of millions of Americans.

  3. Jonathan Greenblatt:

    Hitler's ideology, the Third Reich, was predicated on the idea that the Aryans, the Germans, were a master race and the Jews were a subhuman race. It was a racialized anti-Semitism, now that might not fit exactly or feel different than the way we think about race in 21st century America, where primarily it's about people of color, but throughout the Jewish people's history, they have been marginalized, they have been persecuted, they have been slaughtered, in large part because many people felt they were not just a different religion, but indeed a different race.

  4. Lance Bottoms:

    Last night I realized I hadn't looked at Native Americans and Hispanics coronavirus numbers in two days, that's frightening because it's a pandemic and people of color are getting hit harder.

  5. Stephen Latham:

    We are stepping out and getting people of color into offices and being the first, he's broken the barrier, i think it will make room for people to stand on his shoulders.


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