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nonwhite

adjective

  1. of an ethnicity not featuring 'white' skin
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English white English nonwhite From non- + white.

  1. Not white in color.
  2. Not belonging to the white race.

    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.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English white English nonwhite From non- + white.

  1. A person who is not white.

    “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.

    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.