nonwhite

See also: non-white

English

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Etymology

From non- +‎ white.

Adjective

nonwhite (not comparable)

  1. Not white in color.
  2. Not belonging to the white race.
    • 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2025, page 98:
      By 2016, however, a divide that started appearing in the preceding few years came into full relief—that year, 29% of nonwhite liberals (28% of nonwhite Democrats) and 38% of Black liberals (34% of Black Democrats), disagreed that “Blacks should work their way up without special favors.”
  3. Not associated with white people.

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Noun

nonwhite (plural nonwhites)

  1. A person who is not white.
    • 2020 July 28, Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will”, in The New York Times[2], archived from the original on 29 July 2020:
      “It’s already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways. Nonwhites will account for a third of eligible voters — their largest share ever — driven by long-term increases among certain groups, especially Hispanics,” according to a Pew Research report.
    • 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University[3], archived from the original on 25 January 2025, page 433:
      That said, and as I reiterate and elaborate on later below, there is nothing in this dissertation’s theory that precludes similar post-Floyd shifts in the racial attitudes of nonwhites. I leave it up to future research, though, to tackle this question.

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