anti-Black

adjective

an·​ti-Black ˌan-tē-ˈblak How to pronounce anti-Black (audio) ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce anti-Black (audio)
variants or anti-black also antiblack
: opposed to or hostile toward Black people
anti-Black racism

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More soon chimed in, using emoji letters to invoke another anti-Black slur. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Ayham Nadeem Assi, 22, of West Bloomfield, was charged by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald with one count of hate crime for allegedly writing an anti-Black racial slur on a Novi couple's driveway, prosecutors say. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 These anti-Black attitudes allow politicians to scapegoat Haitians for problems within Dominican society. — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 In Rankine’s case, the deceased are victims of anti-Black lynchings. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anti-Black

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-Black was in 1835

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“Anti-Black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Black. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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