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antiracist

American  
[an-tahy-rays-ist, an-tee-] / ˌæn taɪˈreɪs ɪst, ˌæn ti- /

adjective

  1. opposing or meant to oppose racism.


noun

  1. a person who actively opposes racism.

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She is friends with Sharon, a black social worker who has little patience for the pieties of antiracist allyship or the bold talk of young activists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Many rallied behind the Black Lives Matter movement or spoke out against racial health disparities during the pandemic, but embodying the antiracist society for which we advocated requires changing medicine, including clinical documentation.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

Corbyn quit after that defeat, and amid criticism that he’d allowed antisemitism to fester in a party that sees itself as proudly antiracist.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

Alternatively, antiracist ideas suggest that all racial groups are equal — biologically, culturally and behaviorally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

The novelist William Gardner Smith, who died in 1974, was antiracist before “antiracist” was a ubiquitous term.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

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