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The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) [1] is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white".In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the United States; however, since the 2010s, it has been adopted elsewhere in the Anglosphere (often as person of colour), including relatively limited ...
Organizations for people of color (2 C, 3 P) W. White (human racial classification) (7 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Person of color"
A shade of dark brown used to be known as "nigger brown" or simply "nigger"; [18] other colours were also prefixed with the word. Usage for colors continued for some time after it was no longer acceptable for people. [19] Nigger brown commonly identified a colour in the clothing industry and advertising of the early 20th century. [20]
Blumenbach does not name his five groups in 1779 but gives their geographic distribution. The color adjectives used in 1779 are weiss "white" (Caucasian race), gelbbraun "yellow-brown" (Mongolian race), schwarz "black" (Aethiopian race), kupferrot "copper-red" (American race) and schwarzbraun "black-brown" (Malayan race). [11]
Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...
A university graduate is bidding to become the "first woman of colour" to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Ananya Prasad, 34, from Sheffield, hopes to complete the 3,000-mile crossing from La ...
East Asian people, particularly aimed towards Koreans. [55] [56] The term originates from the Korean War and comes from the Korean word for country. The Korean word for the United States of America is Mee Hap Joon Gook, which is shorten to the more familiar Mee Gook. Dae Han Min Gook or the People's Republic of Korea is similarly shortened to ...
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