Black person
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- noun
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persona negra
- "Life is very difficult for black people in America, I know," she said.
- experiences of Black people
- White and Black people
- Black people live
And he only hires black people to be the staff for the yacht.
- And he only hires black people to be the staff for the yacht.
- I was one of three black people in my elementary school.
- We've been fighting for recognition rights as black people for so long.
- And the darker black people had the sort of menial jobs.
- Then he goes on to tell me that that black people are inherently lazy.
- And I come from the days when black people represented other black people.
- She says she's like, black people make things cool, she said.
- Like I would loved how black people would react to seeing dwarfs like it.
Examples
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I went to the March by myself, far more Black people than I've ever seen in my life.
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The only thing black people need is power.
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As a woman, as a black person, what does freedom feel like?
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See, God, we wanted black people to wait, man.
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But you will notice that the only black people in the club are on the stage.
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Like, you know, I think Black people are doing that because we want love.
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We're the only black people in here.
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We've been fighting for recognition rights as black people for so long.
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- I've been surrounded by black people my whole life.
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As a woman, as a black person, what does freedom feel like?
Synonyms
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3.5
A person with dark skin, often of African ancestry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: the adjective 'Black' (a person of African descent/dark-skinned) modifies 'person', so the phrase denotes a person who is Black. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English nominal composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Black person comes from using the color word black to describe dark skin, and people began to use the phrase to mean someone with darker skin, often of African background. That's why today it means 'a person with dark skin'.