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
  • In recent years, the number of CEOs who are also persons of color has increased.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Oct. 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
  • Without him, the county, which is about 39% White, would have no person of color on the board — unless Scales-Preston is elected.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • On this page, the illustration includes eight students in a classroom in the 1970s: two women and one person of color.
    — Davon Loeb, Parents, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Born a free person of color in 1827, Dédé was required to carry proof of his freedom and struggled to find employment.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Since 2022, the league has required every team to have at least one offensive assistant coach who’s a person of color and/or a woman.
    — Tashan Reed, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Born in 1827, Dédé was part of the fourth generation of free persons of color in his French-speaking Creole family.
    — Matt Bloom, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Of the nominees, 13 are women and 13 identify as persons of color.
    — Matt Craig, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The jury pool's makeup was similar to last year's jury, which had only one person of color.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Being a person of color in a predominantly White sport wasn’t always easy for Emery, his mom said.
    — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In a sea of faces, the only person of color was presenter Alison Hammond.
    — Vulture, 20 Feb. 2023

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