blacklash

noun
/ˈblækˌlæʃ/

Etymology

Blend of black + backlash.

  1. inherited from *laskô
  2. inherited from lashe
  3. prefixed as backlash — “back- + lash
  4. compounded as blacklash — “black + backlash

Definitions

  1. A backlash by black people against other ethnicities or groups.

    • This was the blacklash. The whitelash came, too, and blood flowed in the streets.
    • Nor is this the only case of racial thinking in contemporary thought . A "blacklash" may partly motivate the Afrocentrist movement among African-American scholars.

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