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"Non-white" would be usual in today's US. I don't know whether "colored" was ever used that much in the US to mean "non-white" as opposed to "black or known to be of sub-Saharan African descent".
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And in American Sign Language, the sign used to translate the English word "Negro" is now considered to be to ... English word, it is represented by fingerspelling, "N-E-G-R-O." That is according to the author of the following
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It wouldn't be if the prices of the drugs addicts use were substantially lowered, as would happen if certain drugs were legalized. Plus, it's not even "probably" the major reason for crime, whatever "reason" means, and
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We are aware of the PC in American English usage. When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president, in the U.S. he became South Africa's first "African American", and in Star Trek you can meet an African American
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By the way, what do you call a black person ... "African American" most of the time; obviously, you would not. We are aware of the PC in American English usage. When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president, in the
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@ID-113669.news.uni-berlin.de: It is old usage. Most people wouldn't use coloured today. Or they'd say it in hushed tones. I can't remember, without finding the report, whether he was ... his race, with the result that he ended up
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"Pedophile" means lover of children. So it does, and in common usage it is as illogical as "homophobe", becauseit is often used to mean just ... from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
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