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- noun Plural form of
Negro .
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Examples
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He spent six years in jail blaming what he called Negroes and Jews for all of his problems.
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In brief I think it likely that more than half the difference between the average I.Q. of American whites and Negroes is due to genetic reasons, and will not be eliminated by any foreseeable change in the environment.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Francis Crick On Science And IQ 2008
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But today the unemployment rate among Negroes is twice that of Whites.
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In brief I think it likely that more than half the difference between the average I.Q. of American whites and Negroes is due to genetic reasons, and will not be eliminated by any foreseeable change in the environment.
Mike Scruggs On Immigration, Ron Paul’s (Mixed) Chances In South Carolina 2008
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But today the unemployment rate among Negroes is twice that of Whites.
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In brief I think it likely that more than half the difference between the average I.Q. of American whites and Negroes is due to genetic reasons, and will not be eliminated by any foreseeable change in the environment.
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To these immigrants, the most “American” people in the neighborhood were the people whom they called Negroes or colored people, because they had been in the US for several generations and could speak English well.
Then and Now: Gentleman's Agreement - Part 1 Jacqueline T Lynch 2008
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To these immigrants, the most “American” people in the neighborhood were the people whom they called Negroes or colored people, because they had been in the US for several generations and could speak English well.
Archive 2008-11-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2008
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The new curriculum teaches that black people, whom he referred to as Negroes, came from “a war in heaven,” he said.
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I mean the black people, some of whom are called Negroes.
Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965
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