تكتلات عنصرية

English translation: racial clusters

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Arabic term or phrase:تكتلات عنصرية
English translation:racial clusters
Entered by: Sayed Fathy

11:08 May 30, 2016
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: تكتلات عنصرية
وقد اتسمت اجراءات التصويت بوجود تكتلات عنصرية بعيدة عن الموضوعية أخذت شكلاً من أشكال تقديم القرابين لدول بعينها
Sayed Fathy
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 00:20
racial clusters
Explanation:
racial clusters

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Note added at 6 mins (2016-05-30 11:14:23 GMT)
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For the collection of its census data, the Office of
Management and Budget issued Directive #15, which explained the four racial “clusters:” Black, White, American Indian, and Asian Islander, and one ethnic group, Hispanic.
http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0909/news0909-6.pdf

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Note added at 7 mins (2016-05-30 11:16:03 GMT)
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The term is mentioned in a book entitled 'AFRIKAN MIND RECONNECTION & SPIRITUAL RE-AWAKENING, Volume 1'

https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=SAXYItFgj8MC&pg=PA492&l...
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Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 23:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2racial clusters
Muhammad Said
4Biased clusters
Oz Hamdoun (X)
4racial segments
Hadi Hadi (X)
4racist [voting] blocs
Randa Farhat
4racial agglomerations
Mohammed Kulidi


  

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racial clusters


Explanation:
racial clusters

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Note added at 6 mins (2016-05-30 11:14:23 GMT)
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For the collection of its census data, the Office of
Management and Budget issued Directive #15, which explained the four racial “clusters:” Black, White, American Indian, and Asian Islander, and one ethnic group, Hispanic.
http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0909/news0909-6.pdf

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Note added at 7 mins (2016-05-30 11:16:03 GMT)
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The term is mentioned in a book entitled 'AFRIKAN MIND RECONNECTION & SPIRITUAL RE-AWAKENING, Volume 1'

https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=SAXYItFgj8MC&pg=PA492&l...

Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 23:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 92
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Muhammad


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liliane Hatem: racist clusters..www.keenetrial.com/clientsonly/wp-content/uploads/2012/.../... by DL Keene - ‎Cited by 1 - ‎Related articles other words, the modern racist clusters blacks into a limited number of categories with negative characteristic
3 hrs
  -> I appreciate it. :)

agree  Spiridon: yes
21 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Biased clusters


Explanation:
Biased groups

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Note added at 30 mins (2016-05-30 11:38:13 GMT)
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Oz Hamdoun (X)
United States
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Azeez

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racial segments


Explanation:
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Hadi Hadi (X)
Palestine
Local time: 23:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Hadi

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
racist [voting] blocs


Explanation:

In elections these are called blocs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_bloc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_voting

...وقد اتسمت اجراءات التصويت بوجود تكتلات عنصرية بعيدة عن الموضوعية
The voting process showed there were some non objective racist blocs ...

(Note the difference:
- racist blocks = تكتلات عنصرية
- racial clusters = شرائح عرقية)

Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 38
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Randa

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racial agglomerations


Explanation:
agglomeration is more appropriate for a group pf people coming together in a racial cause in this context

Mohammed Kulidi
Yemen
Local time: 23:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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