"term" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- One example of this is Martin Luther King, Jr. using the term "negro" when talking about his own race in his 1963 speech I Have a Dream.
- The term negro was used by the Spanish and Portuguese as a simple description of people.
- He has taken part in debates about the use of this word, and he defends the use of the term "negro".
- They also suggested he revised elements of his account in light of expert testimony on the usage of the term "negro" in Uruguay.
- To spend three years in Amsterdam with Ajax and not know that the term "negro" is unacceptable in Europe suggests a tin ear at best.
- Evra insulted his sister and Suarez used the term 'negro', this much is clear.
- The term negro, literally meaning "black", was used by the Spanish and Portuguese as a simple description to refer to people.
- In many cases, "social relations have become racialized"; for example the term "negro" is used to designate a worker, without any relation to the color of his skin.
- The word indio (Indian, in English) is much less racially charged than the term negro in common Argentine language.
- A survey done in the region determined that the Afro-Mexicans in this region themselves preferred the term "negro," although some prefer "moreno" and a number still use "mestizo."
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