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Definition for black

adjective as in lacking hue and brightness; light-absorbing.

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ebony, jet, obsidian, onyx, pitch-black, raven

adjective as in enveloped in darkness

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sunless, unlighted, unlit

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pitch-dark, starless, stygian

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clouded, murky, shadowy

adjective as in gloomy; dismal

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He claimed the woman took issue with the “one Black person on the train.”

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Sherri Shepherd used her platform to ask “Saturday Night Live” to hire another Black woman after the cast lost its only representation in Ego Nwodim.

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And yet, her presence as a Black Brazilian trans woman at the forefront of Latin music carries an undeniable cultural weight.

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“Doing so would ‘clear the path for a one-party system where power serves the powerful and silences the people,” Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder LaTosha Brown said in a statement.

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That line resonated deeply within David, he told me, “because it’s the reality that I live. I’m a Black man in America.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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