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
• Why is this the third movie to cast a white dude as a person of color in an interracial relationship where he's demonized ... ?
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 24 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 quiet best man / only person of color invited to the wedding, Shooter (Ishaan Khattar)?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• 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
• California has never elected a woman as governor, and a person of color has held the office only once: Gov. Romualdo Pacheco, for just a few months in 1875.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024