English edit

Etymology edit

pseudo- +‎ racist

Adjective edit

pseudoracist

  1. (rare) Pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.
    • 1983, Cyrus Adler, Cyrus Adler, Selected Letters: 1883-1919, 1920-1926, Jewish Theological Seminary, →ISBN:
      Reinforced by European thought and by the dissemination of pseudoracist findings, American social anti-Semitism was translated into the studied exclusion of Jews from private schools, resorts, and clubs.
    • 2002, Howard Ball, The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 2:
      Brown toppled the pseudoracist 1896 Court opinion, Plessy v Ferguson, a 7:1 decision validating the imposition—by government or by private persons—of separate, segregated facilities [...]
    • 2002, Arturo J. Aldama, Naomi Helena Quiñonez, Decolonial Voicesy, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 333:
      When sensitive stories of Mexican documented and undocumented immigration are told and when these stories are read because of the intrinsic value found in them, those pseudoracist stereotypes employed by anti-immigrant political pundits are resisted and challenged.

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