antiblackness en · NOUN
Etymology
From antiblack + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Hostility towards black people.
Anti-blackness is one way some black scholars have articulated what it means to be marked as black in an anti-black world. It’s more than just “racism against black people.” That oversimplifies and defangs it. It’s a theoretical framework that illuminates society’s inability to recognize our humanity — the disdain, disregard and disgust for our existence.
2020 June 4, Kihana Miraya Ross, “Call It What It Is: Anti-Blackness”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti-blackness | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Relateds
black · antiblack · antiwhiteness · blackness · pro-black
Translations (2)
pl rasizm wobec czarnych (hostility towards black people) · de Schwarzenfeindlichkeit (hostility towards black people)