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- noun Plural form of
person of color .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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"The report shows that even in those scenarios, people of color still have less access to standard tests, less access to life-extending high-tech procedures and a higher likelihood of undesirable (and avoidable) treatments (such as amputations)."
December 9, 2015