Negrophilism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A liking for black people. offensive, uncountable

    "The only trouble with this negrophilism is that it doesn't recognize the Negro as a man. It recognizes him only as a Negro—if sometimes as a Negro Jesus Christ. And that is the worst condescension of all."

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"The only trouble with this negrophilism is that it doesn't recognize the Negro as a man. It recognizes him only as a Negro—if sometimes as a Negro Jesus Christ. And that is the worst condescension of all."

Etymology

From negro + -philism.

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