Definitions for person of color
per·son of col·or

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1. person of color, person of colournoun

   (formal) any non-European non-white person

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1. person of colornoun

   A non-white person.

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1. Person of color

   Person of color is a term used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white. The term is meant to be inclusive among non-white groups, emphasizing common experiences of racism. People of color was introduced as a preferable replacement to both non-white and minority, which are also inclusive, because it frames the subject positively; non-white defines people in terms of what they are not, and minority frequently carries a subordinate connotation. Style guides for writing from American Heritage, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mount Holyoke College, recommend the term over these alternatives. It may also be used with other collective categories of people such as students of color, men of color and women of color. People of Color typically refer to people of African, Asian, Hispanic and/or Latino, and Native American heritage. It may also be used to refer to mixed-race people. The untranslated English term has also seen some limited usage among Germans of color, especially when stressing the postcolonial perspective, but so far has not found entrance into general German language and is not necessarily known by the general populace.

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How to pronounce person of color?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say person of color in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of person of color in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of person of color in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of person of color in a Sentence

1. Claire Osborne:

   A lot of my friends, we all weren't that interested in the royal family but now she's in there, as a person of color, we want to follow now, we're kind of rooting for her because you see someone in that world who looks like you and representation matters.

2. Seth Stoughton:

   When we see officers killing a person of color, it doesn't just raise the anger of a potentially unjustified killing. It raises the anger of another potentially unjustified killing involving this troubling, repetitive racial dynamic.

3. Annette Magnus:

   For the demographics that we’re looking to motivate in this election, I think it’s going to be really important to have especially a person of color as her running mate.

4. Bill Nelson:

   The United States’ continued participation on the ISS will enhance innovation and competitiveness, as well as advance the research and technology necessary to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis program and pave the way for sending the first humans to Mars, as more and more nations are active in space, it’s more important than ever that the United States continues to lead the world in growing international alliances and modeling rules and norms for the peaceful and responsible use of space.

5. Justice Horn:

   These racist tendencies are obvious to the person of color, but they are so ingrained in the non-person of color that they are believed to be socially acceptable.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=person of color
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Person_of_Color
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=person of color