anti-Black

Or an·ti·black

[an-tee-blak, an-tahy-]

adjective

1. resistant or antagonistic to Black people or their values or objectives.

   anti-Black sentiment among some reactionary groups.

Other Word Forms

• antiblackism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-Black¹

First recorded in 1950–55; anti- + Black ¹

Example Sentences

“Don’t be antisemitic, and don’t be Islamophobic, and then don’t be anti-Black. I think that’s the issue, too. So, as they weigh how to fix this, can you fix bigotry and hate within your party, period?”

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In recent years, as memories of Islamic fundamentalist terror have faded and cultural wars have focused more often on anti-Black racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobic language has been less politically dominant, driven underground.

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Columbia University’s social work curriculum aims to make them “understand that anti-Black racism and white supremacy are endemic in our systems and institutions.”

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Does this policy leave behind recent Black immigrants whose families were never enslaved in the United States, but who face anti-Black racism?

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And yet, Lucumí is widely misunderstood and frequently demonized — especially within white and white-adjacent Latine communities, long entrenched with anti-Black beliefs.

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