White supremacy

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others. uncountable

    "Among Southern whites, the defence of slavery slid into a defence of white supremacy, since that was a useful way to unite the white population behind a coherent ideology; most Southerners did not actually own slaves, and had no necessary interest in defending that institution alone."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of white supremacy alt-of, uncountable

    "Whiteness is the cultural, social, economic, behavioral, material, and emotional embodiment of White supremacy, and it is strategically invisible by asserting its normalcy (Frankenberg, 1997)."

  3. 3
    the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races wordnet
  4. 4
    A situation in which white people are privileged over other people in society. uncountable

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