Talk:Afrophobia

RFV discussion: December 2011

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Afrophobia

Tagged but not listed. I think the term is okay except one thing: it is rather a phobia against Black people, not Africans. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 13:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

In academic usage I think its against both black people, especially in America, but also anything negro/dark/african/black in general, either people, politics, religion, culture etc. Just black people might be a bit too narrow and americentric.Lucifer 22:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

What I mean by Black people includes Africans. Probably I should have said Africans and African descendants. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 00:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Ah, at the exclusion of White Namibians, Arab Egyptians, Indian South Africans, and Berber Moroccans, I presume?Lucifer 03:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes. It is more politically correct than negrophobia. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 04:58, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Gotcha, do we not have negrophobia then? Might have to add that. Phobias have to be ultra well cited though, right?Lucifer 09:39, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

We should have negrophobia too. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 01:23, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Negrophobia (in upper case) is citable - the definition could be "Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture", should not be limited to Africa and descendents. We need this term. The black-skinned people may be only of African descent but Australian aborigines and people with very dark skin from anywhere (e.g. parts of India, Sri Lanka). Afrophobia is a partial synonym, the definition is fine but could be expanded. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить)} 01:42, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I have added an entry for an overlooked phobia: Arabophobia. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить)} 02:03, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh, upper case. Yes, negrophobia would be a phobia for black-colored things… So, is it all right to close this discussion as verificated? — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 02:41, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Kept: verified. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 02:45, 17 December 2011 (UTC)