How to Use person of color in a Sentence

person of color

noun
  • Despite her mixed heritage, Ali was deemed a person of color by the state.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • One of the best ways to have peace when traveling as a person of color is to go where you are welcomed.
    Ronny Maye, Essence, 24 July 2023
  • Harris is the first woman and person of color to serve as the vice president of the United States.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • Indeed, Butler is the first openly gay person of color to serve in the Senate.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The crew includes the first woman and person of color to be assigned to a lunar mission.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • So, maybe a woman or person of color won’t be wielding the House gavel at this point next week.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • John Leguizamo, who played Luigi in the 1993 film, even spoke out and criticized the studio for not casting a person of color.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • As a person of color and a woman, she’s got two points in her favor if that is indeed what Trump is looking for.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This marks the eighth consecutive win for RuPaul, who also holds the record for most wins by a person of color.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This feels much more true to my own experience as a person of color, where my groups of friends have always been diverse and from all parts of the world.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The University of Oregon has never had a woman or person of color at the helm.
    oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The change marks the first time a Savannah square has been specifically named after a woman and a person of color.
    Justin Gamble, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Crimes get more attention when the victim is white and wealthy compared to a person of color in poverty, Alexander says.
    David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Shafik, who became the first woman and person of color to lead the university in 2023, is the third Ivy League president to step down in recent months.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The board of directors is now made of eight members, including three women and two persons of color.
    Yannick Peterhans, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to the Artemis program, which seeks to land a woman and person of color on the moon for the first time, the race is on for for Mars, where drinking water would be a luxury.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • Five of the 10 films were directed by one or more filmmakers who identify as a person of color.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Here are some of the universities and colleges who are installing women and persons of color as their leaders this year.
    Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
  • No person of color has represented the state in Congress.
    CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Of the nominees, 13 are women and 13 identify as persons of color.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That meeting took place in January 2022, when one of The Times’ six investigative team reporters was a person of color.
    Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In a sea of faces, the only person of color was presenter Alison Hammond.
    Vulture, 20 Feb. 2023
  • So, seeing a person of color as the hero was super empowering.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023
  • At least one person of color was interviewed for 88 percent of all U.S.-based vice president-level and above open roles.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The therapist Parvani and Sadana saw in Family Karma was a person of color, though that wasn’t one of their requirements.
    Ishani Nath, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The Dock Ellis Foundation is a non-profit focused on missing persons of color.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 28 July 2024
  • Every director of Center Stage’s major productions this year is a person of color, as are most of the actors and the designers.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In Bowman's case, Latimer is also white, meaning a Bowman defeat would remove a person of color from Democrats' ranks.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Weaver says the latest funding round is a critical step in scaling the first spirits conglomerate built by a woman and person of color.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Sam Fore was the only person of color nominated this year in the Best Chef: Southeast category.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 7 June 2023

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