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half-black

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That original half-black/half-white caster for very simple/cheap optical limits was something of a known off-the-shelf approach.

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That original half-black/half-white caster for very simple/cheap optical limits was something of a known off-the-shelf approach.

Example sentences

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That original half-black/half-white caster for very simple/cheap optical limits was something of a known off-the-shelf approach.

2

Sometimes negative works, but not when screens are half-white, half-black as is the trend lately.

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I'm engaged to a woman who's half-black, and I still occasionally say something slightly racist by accident.

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I don't consider myself racist at all, but my half-black fiance routinely points out blind spots I'd never noticed.

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Yes, one half-black person getting elected president means there is absolutely no racism of any sort (never mind all the racial motivated attacks Obama has had to deal with since before getting elected...).

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My fiance is half-black, and she's not that into TV/movies.

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As far as policing what you say, I can assure you from my experiences with my half-black fiance, apologies for unintentional flubs work wonders.

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> No white person in their right mind would honestly prefer to live in a half-black community over an all-white community.

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To me, the best demonstration of continued racism, is that there's no way Obama - being half-black, half-white - would have been able to get away with self-identifying as white.

Quote examples

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Star Trek openly took sides from the start, unless you think the episode with the people who are half-black-half-white and the people who are half-white-half-black counts as "subtle".

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The editors own response: "I was told she was Latina and white." The author's believes: "Mexican father and African-American mother" Obviously the author would create a darker skin tone if the character is half-black.

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How do you use half-black in a sentence?

That original half-black/half-white caster for very simple/cheap optical limits was something of a known off-the-shelf approach.