non-Black

adjective

ˌnän-ˈblak 

variants or less commonly non-black or nonblack

: not of or relating to African American people or their culture

attended predominantly non-Black schools

Jean-Michel Basquiat was a gifted Black artist deeply immersed in a non-Black world.

—Joy Sewing

When Motown first packaged up a roster of artists and songs that could be embraced by a non-black audience, no new act … crossed over into the bosom of Middle America as easefully as the Supremes.

—Jasper Rees

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for non-Black

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback