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- adjective having skin rich in melanin pigments
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Examples
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Fellow pundit Lee Dixon gave host Gary Lineker a horrified glance as the former Liverpool and Scotland defender used the word twice to refer to non-white players during the BBC's football highlights show last night.
Evening Standard - Home Alistair Foster 2011
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Some demographers believe that 2010 could be the first year that most children born in the country will be non-white.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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Already, five states have a majority non-white population.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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Some demographers believe that 2010 could be the first year that most children born in the country will be non-white.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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Some demographers believe that 2010 could be the first year that most children born in the country will be non-white.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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Since like-minded non-white authors could confer, there is also more of a sense that they can try to stand up and be counted, whereas before they might have felt like they were the only one trying to do so, and maybe give up after a while.
An Interview With Author Tobias Buckell « A Working Title 2009
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As a non-white Republican, that our erstwhile leader would still think this is smart or appropriate strategy just makes me angry. —
McCain Starts ‘Country First’ PAC - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Some demographers believe that 2010 could be the first year that most children born in the country will be non-white.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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Until then, she had been in "blithe ignorance" about her origins, despite the fact that she was the only non-white person in her family.
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Already, five states have a majority non-white population.
Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010
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