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black per·son

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroidnoun

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

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  1. black person

    Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid to dark brown complexion. Not all people considered "black" have dark skin; in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification in the Western world, the term "black" is used to describe persons who are perceived as dark-skinned compared to other populations. It is most commonly used for people of sub-Saharan African ancestry and the indigenous peoples of Oceania, though it has been applied in many contexts to other groups, and is no indicator of any close ancestral relationship whatsoever. Indigenous African societies do not use the term black as a racial identity outside of influences brought by Western cultures. The term "black" may or may not be capitalized. The AP Stylebook changed its guide to capitalize the "b" in black in 2020. The ASA Style Guide says that the "b" should not be capitalized. Some perceive the term "black" as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result neither use nor define it, especially in African countries with little to no history of colonial racial segregation.Contemporary anthropologists and other scientists, while recognizing the reality of biological variation between different human populations, regard the concept of a unified, distinguishable "Black race" as socially constructed. Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified "black", and these social constructs have changed over time. In a number of countries, societal variables affect classification as much as skin color, and the social criteria for "blackness" vary. In the United Kingdom, "black" was historically equivalent with "person of color", a general term for non-European peoples. In other regions such as Australasia, settlers applied the term "black" or it was used by local populations with different histories and ancestral backgrounds.

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  1. black person

    A Black person is an individual who identifies with or is identified as being of African or Afro-Caribbean descent, by social or racial classification. This term is often used to refer to people with darker skin tones, although it's important to remember that racial definitions can vary considerably across different regions and cultures. Being a Black person is not only associated with skin color, but also has cultural, social, historical, and geographical implications.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of black person in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of black person in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of black person in a Sentence

  1. Pete Buttigieg:

    It threatens the well-being of every community. I am determined to bring about a day when a white person driving a vehicle in and a black person driving a vehicle, when they see a police officer approaching, feels the same thing, not of fear, but of safety. I am going to bring about that very thing.

  2. Melina Abdullah:

    As a Black woman, I would rather be celebrating other Black women, and I do, my allegiance is to Black people, not to an individual Black person who wouldn't mind selling us out.

  3. New Jersey:

    New Jersey is clearly made in an inappropriate representation of a black person and instructs people to' slam' and' whack' her, racism has no place in the world and I will not tolerate it, especially not in this district. When I saw Feel Better Doll in person, I cringed and was truly disheartened by the thought of a black child being beaten by another child or an adult for pure pleasure. To have a product depict or teach children that it is OK to hit another child, regardless of race, in order to feel good is sick.

  4. Mayor Frey:

    I heard a lot of White activists purport to be speaking on behalf of communities of color. And I was listening to them — listening to communities of color — and they weren't saying the same things, i'd walk down the street and I'd hear from White people,' Defund the police ! Defund the police !' And then I'd hear from a Black person a half block later,' Hey, we really need to have some additional help.'.

  5. Tom Petty:

    People just need to think about how it looks to a black person, it's just awful. It's like how a swastika looks to a Jewish person. It just shouldn't be on flagpoles.


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