borderism
nounUK /ˈbɔːdərɪzəm/
Etymology From border + -ism.
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Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology A form of racial discrimination faced by those who disregard the colour bar.
- Ironically, if race were natural and essential, individuals would not have to engage in borderism. The act of borderism is one of the many ways in which individuals construct or "do" race.2000, Heather M. Dalmage, Tripping on the Color Line: Black-white Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 41: