Meaning of antiwhiteness | Babel Free

Definitions

Hostility towards white people.

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“[…] psychiatrists Walter Bromberg and Frank Simon described schizophrenia as a Protest⟳ Psychosis, whereby black men developed “hostile and aggressive feelings” and “delusional antiwhiteness” after listening to the words of Malcolm X, joining the Black Muslims, or aligning with groups that preached militant resistance to white society.”

“Thus, the figure⟳ of oxymoron offers whiteness studies a generative interpretive approach⟳ that promotes antiracism and antiwhiteness by making visible the hauntings of whiteness. This visibility may, in turn⟳, facilitate productive debates and antiracist/antiwhiteness actions.”

“In one exchange⟳, several users challenged this racial ideology that equates pro-blackness with anti-whiteness in their reactions to an excerpt from a Muhammad Ali speech in which he says, “We don't hate⟳ you! We don't hate⟳ those of you who are white. We just want⟳ to stay⟳ Black. We love⟳ my color. I just love⟳ myself.””

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