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by ChrisDC on August 13th, 2009
Race and color are different things, and there is no hard and fast rule.
For example, ethnographically speaking, Asian Indians are Caucasians, although their skin color can be as dark or darker than many people of African ancestry.
The principle focus of the phrase, though, most likely relates to the Hispanic community in the United States. In the 1960's, you would see people make reference to "black, white and brown" as a means of expanding the reach of their remarks beyond the Black-White division.
It actually doesn't work as a synonym for Hispanic, though, since Hispanics can be of any race.
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