whitelash
/ˈ(h)waɪtlæʃ/
whitelash noun: a backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
Noun
whitelash (plural whitelashes)
- A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
- This was the blacklash. The whitelash came, too, and blood flowed in the streets.1970 January, John H. Britton, “Into age of sick seventies”, in Jet magazine, page 7
- There are four ‘whitelash’ bills currently before Congress, designed to seriously undermine Native American rights [and] sovereignty, and treaty land.1996, “'The Lash', 1977”, in Classroom Activities on Wisconsin Indian Treaties and Tribal Sovereignty, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, →ISBN, page 266
Examples of whitelash in a sentence
- for more on 'whitelash' reactions to militant black writing.2000, David Myles Jones, A "new Breed" of Black Consciousness: Re-reading Gender, Ideology, and Generational Change in Neo-black Literature...
- There has been a particularly acute white backlash or 'whitelash' in the United States against affirmative action programmes which promote women and black men.2001, Fiona Mackay, Love and Politics: Women Politicians and the Ethics of Care, Continuum, →ISBN, page 75; n. 3.:
- The best example of this is when CNN's Van Jones characterized Trump's election as revenge, or a 'whitelash,' against black voters, who overwhelmingly voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.2016, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Building a Multiracial Movement in the Trump Era”, in Anand Gopal, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Owen Jones...
- My sense is that even Obama didn't see Trump coming; he didn't see the full extent of the whitelash.2017, George Yancy, On Race: 34 Conversations in a Time of Crisis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7:
Forms of whitelash
| plural | whitelashes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | white lash |
| alternative form | white-lash |
Origin of whitelash
Blend of white + backlash.
Words that rhyme with whitelash
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- hash
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
Questions about whitelash
- What does whitelash mean?
- Whitelash means a backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
- How do you use whitelash in a sentence?
- for more on 'whitelash' reactions to militant black writing.
- What part of speech is whitelash?
- Whitelash is a noun.
- How do you pronounce whitelash?
- Whitelash is pronounced /ˈ(h)waɪtlæʃ/.
- What is the plural of whitelash?
- The plural of whitelash is whitelashes.
Words near whitelash in the dictionary
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