Blackophilia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Negrophilia. nonstandard, rare, uncountable
"The media's perception of "white needs" with regard to the consumption of images of black bodies plays on - in a manner that effortlessly conflates - both the blackophilia (a seductive fascination with racial otherness) and blackophobia (fear and dread of racial otherness) that has always framed the structure and experience of the American racial formation (Yousman 2003; Mercer 1994; Clarke 1991; Rose 1991)."
Example
More examples"The media's perception of "white needs" with regard to the consumption of images of black bodies plays on - in a manner that effortlessly conflates - both the blackophilia (a seductive fascination with racial otherness) and blackophobia (fear and dread of racial otherness) that has always framed the structure and experience of the American racial formation (Yousman 2003; Mercer 1994; Clarke 1991; Rose 1991)."
Etymology
From black + -o- + -philia.
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