negrophilism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

negrophile +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

negrophilism (uncountable)

  1. (now offensive) A liking for black people.
    • 1965, Robert Penn Warren, Who Speaks for the Negro?:
      The only trouble with this negrophilism is that it doesn't recognize the Negro as a man. It recognizes him only as a Negro—if sometimes as a Negro Jesus Christ. And that is the worst condescension of all.
    • 1998, Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto, page 248:
      His negrophilism seems to be nothing beyond a fashion statement, almost a way of accessorizing. It's black pride without ever having to endure the downsides of being black.
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