anti-Black

adjective

an·​ti-Black ˌan-tē-ˈblak How to pronounce anti-Black (audio) ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce anti-Black (audio)
variants or anti-black also antiblack
: opposed to or hostile toward Black people
anti-Black racism

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Standards are not automatically anti-Black Not every expectation set within a Black institution is respectability politics. — Tee Wilson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Second, mainstream perspectives disconnect Black liberation struggles from Pan-African and Pan-American efforts to hold the beneficiaries of anti-Black oppression accountable for their unearned gains, regardless of national boundaries. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 One need not reach for Hegel’s infamous formulations to recognize that anti-Black sentiment did not arrive in Germany as an import but, rather, runs deep within German intellectual and cultural history. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 In the wake of the 2020 protests of anti-Black police violence, museums put themselves forward as hosts for their communities’ racial reckonings and difficult discourses. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for anti-Black

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-Black was in 1835

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“Anti-Black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Black. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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