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单词 black majority
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black majority
black majority n. the black inhabitants of a country, community, etc., when forming the greater part of the population as a whole, esp. considered collectively or as a group.Frequently used with regard to such a group being colonized, ruled, or excluded from political participation by a white minority.
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1820 Eclectic Rev. July 30 Would so long a time elapse before the white minority of the Northern Sea must seek the protection of their European neighbours against the black majority of the torrid zone?
1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 753 It tells the story of the struggle of the black majority with the white minority for supremacy.
1990 Independent on Sunday 18 Feb. 13/1 The disenfranchised black majority has begun competing with the ruling white minority on politically equal terms.
2003 D. G. Saunders in A. West-Durán Afr. Caribbeans ii. 13 At the top of the social pyramid was the white upper class,..and at the bottom, the black majority, comprising the former slaves, liberated Africans, and their descendants.
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