Neoracism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Discrimination or prejudice based on nationality and ethnicity or cultural differences. uncountable
"What is new and different about neoracism is denial, including a determination to deny "the other" any voice or space in the mainstream."
- 2 An instance of neoracism, or a type of neoracism that targets a particular nationality. countable
"In the France of today the tendency to 'keep the two stories separate' has, I think, very serious social and political consequences, consequences that are being played out in the rise of the various neoracisms of the 1980s and 1990s that focus on the figure of the immigrant worker."
- 3 An ideology that rejects the idea of color blindness and believes in different treatment for different races. derogatory, uncountable
"[…] opposing all forms [of] racism, including neoracism. JANET: Martin Luther King would have been super-antiracist, but CRT progressives minimize King's accomplishments."
Example
More examples"What is new and different about neoracism is denial, including a determination to deny "the other" any voice or space in the mainstream."
Etymology
* neo- + racism * (ideology of different treatment for different races): 21st century.
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