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  2. Person of color - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Racial inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2004 study found high Black, Indigenous, and people of color [BIPOC] zip codes to have significantly worse scores than non-Black, Indigenous, and people of color [BIPOC] zip codes. [ 113 ] 2004 study found that African American and Hispanic consumers constituted over 60% of the consumers having the worst credit scores.

  4. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

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    The Minority Leader also speaks for the minority party in the House and its policies, and works to protect the minority party's rights. [2] The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the House, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority ...

  5. Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of ...

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    When the Republicans are in the minority, the Policy Committee chair ranks fourth, behind the Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Conference Chairman. Statutory members include the full conference leadership, the committee chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority) of Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Rules, and Ways and Means ...

  6. Should we drop ethnic minority for global majority? - AOL

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    When the National Council of Voluntary Organisations adopted the term last year, it said it was using the term in place of BAME, Bipoc (black, Indigenous, and people of colour) and ethnic minorities.

  7. Minority leader - Wikipedia

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    The minority leader in U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system) is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. [1] Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat.

  8. African Americans in the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The first African American to become party leader in either chamber of congress was Hakeem Jeffries in 2023. One member, then Senator Barack Obama, went from the Senate to President of the United States in 2009. The first African Americans to serve in the Congress were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction Era.

  9. Structure of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    As of 2006, rank and file members of Congress received a yearly salary of $165,200. [14] Congressional leaders are paid $183,500 per year. The Speaker of the House of Representatives earns $212,100 per annum. The salary of the President pro tempore for 2006 is $183,500, equal to that of the majority and minority leader of the House and Senate. [15]