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Women of color call out Dictionary.com's 'offensive' definition of 'black': 'This needs to change'

After women of color called them out online, Dictionary.com is changing their definition of the word "black." (Credit: Dictionary.com) What is the definition of the word “black?” According to ...
Slate

What Exactly Is “Cerise”? The Complicated History of Color Definitions.

When you spend all your time in a book, you think you know it. All the editors at Merriam-Webster know Webster’s Third Edition, but now that we’re undertaking a revision of the beast, we’re ears-deep ...
The Conversation

Languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors – scientists have a new theory why

Ted Gibson receives funding from the linguistics program at the National Science Foundation, Award 1534318. Bevil Conway receives funding from the Intramural Research Program of the National Eye ...
Sun Journal

Resources shared after RSU 73 asked about skin color definitions

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. JAY — Two community members reached out to the Livermore Falls Advertiser ...