non-black

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English

Adjective

non-black (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of nonblack
    • 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 552:
      Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s.
    • 19 December 2014, Paul M Farber in The Guardian Online, Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next
      When non-black participants join black people in die-ins, they affirm the need for institutional change – but they also visibly highlight the remaining disparities facing black and brown people.