whitesplain

[ hwahyt-spleyn, wahyt‐ ]

verb (used with or without object)
  1. (of a white person) to comment on the minority experience or explain racism to a person of color in a condescending or blaming way, as to point out accommodating behaviors that the victim of racism might have adopted to defuse interracial conflict:I know what driving while Black is like, so don't you dare whitesplain it to me!

Origin of whitesplain

1
First recorded in 2010–15; white + -splain

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