Pseudoracist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pseudoracist is an adjective meaning (rare) Pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.
Meaning
(rare) Pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.
Example Sentences
Brown toppled the pseudoracist 1896 Court opinion, Plessy v Ferguson, a 7:1 decision validating the imposition—by government or by private persons—of separate, segregated facilities [...]
Reinforced by European thought and by the dissemination of pseudoracist findings, American social anti-Semitism was translated into the studied exclusion of Jews from private schools, resorts, and clubs.
When sensitive stories of Mexican documented and undocumented immigration are told and when these stories are read because of the intrinsic value found in them, those pseudoracist stereotypes employed by anti-immigrant political pundits are resisted and challenged.
Word Forms
- pseudo-racist
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include racialistic, pseudoreligious, rascist, pseudocultural, racist, pseudodominant.
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