whitelash
noun/ˈ(h)waɪtlæʃ/
Etymology Blend of white + backlash.
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A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
- This was the blacklash. The whitelash came, too, and blood flowed in the streets.1970 January 23, John H. Britton, “Into age of sick seventies”, in Jet magazine, page 7:
- There are four ‘whitelash’ bills currently before Congress, designed to seriously undermine Native American rights [and] sovereignty, and treaty land.1996, “'The Lash', 1977”, in Classroom Activities on Wisconsin Indian Treaties and Tribal Sovereignty, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, →ISBN, page 266:
4 more examples
- for more on 'whitelash' reactions to militant black writing.2000, David Myles Jones, A "new Breed" of Black Consciousness: Re-reading Gender, Ideology, and Generational Change in Neo-black Literature and Criticism, 1965-1975, Volume 2, University of Minnesota, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 406:
- There has been a particularly acute white backlash or 'whitelash' in the United States against affirmative action programmes which promote women and black men.2001, Fiona Mackay, Love and Politics: Women Politicians and the Ethics of Care, Continuum, →ISBN, page 75; n. 3.:
- See how the white-lash gave Blacks and Latinos the blues! No way to claim investment profits shareholders lose!2010, William Hairston, Suburban-Ghetto: A Novel, →ISBN, page 56:
- The best example of this is when CNN's Van Jones characterized Trump's election as revenge, or a 'whitelash,' against black voters, who overwhelmingly voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.2016, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Building a Multiracial Movement in the Trump Era”, in Anand Gopal, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Owen Jones, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editors, The Anti-Inauguration: Building resistance in the Trump era, Haymarket Books, →ISBN: