Blackophobia

English

Etymology

Black +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia

Noun

Blackophobia (uncountable)

1. A fear or dislike of black people, especially African-Americans.
   • 2003, B Yousman, Blackophilia and blackophobia: White youth, the consumption of rap music, and white supremacy, link:

     This paper uses the phenomenon of White youth identification with rap music to argue that Blackophilia (manifested by White consumption of Black popular culture) is linked with Blackophobia (fear and dread of African Americans).

   • 2003, Arnold Wolfcastle, Arrest warrant confirmed? Homosexual Michael Jackson Group: soc.culture.europe

     And still delusional that the Republicans really want you in their party. You do know after the voting comes the burning of the crosses don't you. Blackophobia is self loathing.

   • 2006, Everrett Penn, Race and Juvenile Justice, page 59:

     The stigmatizing of Blacks as a perceived serious threat to public safety is a phenomenon called "Blackophobia" (Gab- bidon, 1994).

   • 2006, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of God, Anti-Japhetism (Japhetophobia or Whitophobia) is Group: talk.origins

     Anti-Japhetism (Japhetophobia or Whitophobia) is as abominable as Anti-Semitism (Semitophobia or Yellophobia) and anti-Hamism (Hamophobia or Blackophobia) and should be fought relentlessly and ruthlessly.

   • 2008, S Adam, Africa in Japanese Diplomatic Thought: An African Perspective, link:

     It also sometimes betrays a kind of fear or dislike—a kind of, for lack of a better term, Blackophobia.

Synonyms

• melanophobia
• Negrophobia

Derived terms

• blackophobic

Translations

fear or dislike of black people — see Negrophobia