Synonyms for people of color
peo·ple of col·or

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1. color, colour, people of color, people of colournoun

   a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration

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1. Michele Hunter:

   Meat-eaters are not a protected class under constitutional law, so they would not be able to raise a discrimination claim unless they could link to ‘ disparate impact, ’ meaning that landlords say they’re screening out meat-eaters but it’s actually a pretext for screening out people of color or a particular gender.

2. David Pilgrim:

   You don't have to be black, brown, red, or yellow to do good research about the experiences of people of color. You don't have to fabricate a racial/ethnic identity to be a researcher--or even an activist. Knowledge belongs to all of us. Activism belongs to all of us. Stop centering yourselves in the lived experiences of people of color. Just do the work that needs to be done.

3. Christy Setzer:

   At least in blue and purple states, voters sent a strong message that they don't want to hear any more about transgender kids in sports or Big Lies about stolen elections; they want normalcy in their politics and they want to affirm respect for democracy, the culture wars worked in red states, some of which only got redder, but Republicans deeply underperformed with the same groups that united for Biden's victory in 2020: young voters, women, people of color, and independents. Inflation is temporary, but authoritarianism can last forever.

4. Di Salvo:

   I did hear from the community about things that were going on in professional development, ... I understand the victim-oppression world and White supremacy -- because I am White -- that have wronged people of color for hundreds of years, but in the classroom, we need to be really careful with how we present information.

5. Chris Pine:

   I grew up in a family of very strong women, so I would like to say that going forward I would just kind of naturally do that. What I also know is that there is a limited pool -- now a growing pool -- of people of color, of different sexual and gender backgrounds, women, etc. But that pool is growing and that in order to create parity, one might have to intentionally seek that out.