Colour-proud

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.

    "To the Frenchman, of course, black and white are both alike. He is not so colour-proud as we are. And an Algerian negro is a fully-fledged French citizen."

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"To the Frenchman, of course, black and white are both alike. He is not so colour-proud as we are. And an Algerian negro is a fully-fledged French citizen."

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