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white shield

white shield noun: white people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.

Noun

white shield (plural white shields)

  1. (neologism) White people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.
    • The purpose of this white shield around black bodies was to prevent the threat of violence by the police against the black students.2020, Awino Okech, Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 2

Forms of white shield

pluralwhite shields

Questions about white shield

What does white shield mean?
White shield means white people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.
What part of speech is white shield?
White shield is a noun.
What is the plural of white shield?
The plural of white shield is white shields.

Words near white shield in the dictionary

  1. White Serb
  2. White Serbia
  3. white shark
  4. white sharks
  5. white sheep
  6. white shield
  7. white shields
  8. White Sister
  9. white skin privilege
  10. white slave
  11. white slaver

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