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people of color

Spanish translation: gente no blanca

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English term or phrase:people of color
Spanish translation:gente no blanca
Entered by: Sara Koopman

23:27 Dec 6, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: people of color
looking for something other than gente de color, and more politically afin que minorias etnicas.
gracias!
Sara Koopman
Local time: 15:08
personas de razas no blancas/caucásicas
Explanation:
Very simply "people of color" means non-white. I don't think this would be politically uncorrect in Spanish. For some reason, the term "non-white" stimulates the hypersensitive PC-meter, as though there were something wrong with not being white.
Selected response from:

Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 16:08
Grading comment
I'm going with "gente no blanca" - my logic is on my terminology blog: SpanishForSocialChange.com
many thanks to all for the discussion!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +10gente de color
Henry Hinds
4 +4personas de razas no blancas/caucásicas
Margaret Schroeder
4 +1personas de color (see explanation below)/afroamericanos/personas de piel oscura...
twiningsfan
5people of color
Jorge Yong
5 -1negros / afroamericanos / afrocanadienses / afrodescendientes
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4Gente de raza negra.
Juan Jacob
3de razas distintas (¿?)
Mónica Sauza
2 +1see explanation
Terry Burgess
5 -3afrodescendientes
LiaBarros


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
negros / afroamericanos / afrocanadienses / afrodescendientes


Explanation:
++++

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 16:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Margaret Schroeder: Es un eufemismo que refiere a personas de toda raza que no sea blanca, no sólo las de raza negra.//RESPUESTA: Tal vez tomé demasiada libertad en suponer que el texto fuera canadiense, sin embargo en Canadá el significado es él que propuse.
26 mins
  -> Qué extraño. Yo siempre había escuchado que los "people of color" eran los negros. Gracias, colega.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Gente de raza negra.


Explanation:
Yo soy blanco, pero también es un color, y los amarillos, etc.

Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Darío Giménez: Yo soy color tierra arcillosa, algo oliváceo durante el invierno... ;-) // De acuerdo en lo del color, pero es verdad que no es el caso... :-)
8 mins
  -> ¿Oliváceo? Me huele a aceitunas.. las prefiero rellenas con boquerón. Fins ara.
agree  Alejandra Garza: De acuerdo
11 mins
  -> Gracias.
disagree  Margaret Schroeder: Es un eufemismo que refiere a personas de toda raza que no sea blanca, no sólo de raza negra.//RESPUESTA: no me enojé pero lo voy hacer si tomas mal un comentario hecho de buena fe :) NB: ":) :) :)"
25 mins
  -> Puede ser, efectivamente. Inferí que "people of color" es gente de raza negra, ¡pero no te enojes! Saludos. Paisana y colega: estoy citando al Chavo del Ocho. Saludos.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
de razas distintas (¿?)


Explanation:
Just an option trying to be "politically correct"...alhtough "distintas" a quienes? I agree with Henry's and Juan Jacob's comments

Mónica Sauza
Local time: 16:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 19
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
see explanation


Explanation:
Hi Sara.
This is a tough one. All the answers submitted so far I believe, are perfectly acceptable...depending on the context....if this about what people commonly ...and respectfully...caled "negros", "blacks", "afroamericans". If not, then perhaps I'm not quite grasping exactly what it is you need. But the other choices are endless and living in Canada, I'm sure you're aware of that.
Some options might be:
1: Gente de raices no- caucásicas
2. Gente indígena/autóctona/aborigen
3: Gente de raíz xxxxxxx
4: Gente oriunda de.....

That's about the extent of my options.
HTH.


Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darío Giménez: Es verdad, tenéis razón tú, Henry y Goodwords... :-)
14 mins
  -> Muchísimas gracias y calurosos saludos a mi estimado colega arcilloso y algo oliváceo! Y besos a Pini:-))
neutral  Margaret Schroeder: I like your #1, but the term really means all possible #2's, #3's and #4's taken together (excluding whites/Caucasians) so any particular one of them is not inclusive enough of the meaning.
15 mins
  -> Agree with you but did my best, "M"!
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
afrodescendientes


Explanation:
así se usa en latinoamérica

LiaBarros
Local time: 19:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Margaret Schroeder: Es un eufemismo que refiere a personas de toda raza que no sea blanca, no sólo las de raza negra
6 mins
  -> Perdón, pero aunque sea un eufemismo, así es el término en la sociedad actual. Podrías haber dado tu opinión a todos con un "neutral", creo, no? Seria más educado.
disagree  Aguas de Mar (X): Goodwords tine razón. En inglés, "people of color" abarca a todos los que no sean blancos, no nada más a los negros, aunque la expresión pueda dar a entender otra cosa. Afrodescendientes son "Afroamerican" o "Afrocanadian" dependiendo del contexto.
811 days
disagree  Jennifer Levey: Cabe recordar que los aborigenes de Australia - los 'blackfellas' - son también 'people of colour', pero de ninguna manera son 'afrodescendientes'.
811 days
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
gente de color


Explanation:
I see no other choice unless you are free to edit. Of course the term does not strictly refer to any one race but to any dark-skinned race or people mixed with dark-skinned races.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 16:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 279

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darío Giménez: Es verdad, tenéis razón tú, Terry y Goodwords... :-)
6 mins
  -> Gracias, MG.
agree  jacana54 (X): al final, tanto eufemismo ..... además estoy de acuerdo que hay cobrizos, etc.
9 mins
  -> Gracias, Lucía.
agree  Mónica Sauza
14 mins
  -> Gracias, Mónica.
agree  Terry Burgess: Henry, your BS Filter is in "hyperdrive" and, this is what it all comes down to...in the final analysis:-). Te felicito:-))
21 mins
  -> Gracias, Terry. My BS Filter is always in "hyperdrive".
neutral  Juan Jacob: Un abrazo.
51 mins
  -> Gracias, Juan. Por lo que siempre he visto se refiere a diversas razas o combinaciones y claro, será función del destino también.
agree  Sp-EnTranslator: 184,000 hits en google.
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Clo.
agree  Rosina Peixoto: Estoy de acuerdo
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Uy.
agree  Carlos Ordaz: de acuerdo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Carol.
agree  Daniel Burns (X)
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Daniel.
disagree  Sandra Rodriguez: En mi país, si dices “gente de color” te disparan, con sarcasmo, ¿de qué color? Acá lo único aceptable es aludir al color, raza o mezcla racial: blanco, negro, mulato, mestizo, etc.
8 hrs
  -> Como hemos aludido ya, es función del destino, y variable el color.
agree  Egmont
14 hrs
  -> Gracias, AVRVM.
neutral  Edward Moreira: esto depende muchísimo del país donde se diga. En EEUU gente de color significa todo lo que no sea "blanco" pero blanco en EEUU no significa lo mismo que en otros paises. Depende mucho de el uso que le quieras dar
19 hrs
  -> Cosa que ya señalé, pues es cuestión de criterio.
agree  Marina56: Yo diria asi, Gente de Color, me resulta menos agresiva
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Gracias, Marina.
agree  Walter Landesman
811 days
  -> Gracias, Walter.
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
personas de razas no blancas/caucásicas


Explanation:
Very simply "people of color" means non-white. I don't think this would be politically uncorrect in Spanish. For some reason, the term "non-white" stimulates the hypersensitive PC-meter, as though there were something wrong with not being white.

Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 16:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
I'm going with "gente no blanca" - my logic is on my terminology blog: SpanishForSocialChange.com
many thanks to all for the discussion!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darío Giménez: Es verdad, tenéis razón tú, Henry y Terry... :-)
0 min
neutral  Sp-EnTranslator: your suggestion is an accurate definition of 'gente/personas de color': ver http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/def/es/ej_measures.htm... . Greetings.
1 hr
agree  Sandra Rodriguez: Entiendo que en los EEUU el término abarca a indígenas, asiáticos, latinos, etc. Ciertamente depende del país...
4 hrs
agree  Cindy Molina Nuñez: Me parece perfecto porque el termino ya no solo abarca a personas negras, si no a tantos grupos. Voltearlo a quien no incluye me parece brillante y muy accesible, muchas gracias.
5294 days
agree  Clauwolf
5355 days
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
personas de color (see explanation below)/afroamericanos/personas de piel oscura...


Explanation:
It depends so much on the context....
Is your text referring to "people of color" in USA? Is it talking specifically about African Americans, or maybe about all non-Caucasian people? My son studied History in California and he tells me in the past that expression referred to African Americans, or Blacks. But now they use it to talk about all non-White people (e.g., Asians, Latin Americans, Native Americans, etc.).
I hope this helps...


twiningsfan
United States
Local time: 15:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator: Tu hijo tiene razón, ver http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/def/es/ej_measures.htm...
1 hr
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811 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
people of color


Explanation:
My friend I am myself African American and Hispanic because I live in the Caribbean. I can tell you that the correct term should be minorias etnicas. AS this phrase is an euphemism to name all persons who are not Caucasians. It doesn't manner if you are yellow or black or Indian. Many years ago the term person of color or colored people was only given to persons of African descendant but it is applied to all races which are not Caucasian. Of course this term is a little bit controversial as the only real people of color are exactly the Caucasians as they have yellow, brown, red or black hair , as well as their eyes.
Regards
Yong59

Jorge Yong
Cuba
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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