Colour-proud
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Colour-proud is an adjective meaning Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.
Meaning
Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.
Example Sentences
To the Frenchman, of course, black and white are both alike. He is not so colour-proud as we are. And an Algerian negro is a fully-fledged French citizen.
Lace had at the back of his mind a desire to go combo. He had had it ever since he came in contact with the comely lubras of the district. But at first it had been kept in check by what he called his Sense of Decency. Not that he was a prude. Apparently he was only colour-proud.
Word Forms
- color-proud
- color proud
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include color-proud, prejudiced, proracist, prowhite, pro-black, discriminatory.
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