Meaning of colour-proud | Babel Free

Definitions

Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.

Examples

“To the Frenchman, of course, black and white are both alike. He is not so colour-proud as we are. And an Algerian negro is a fully-fledged French citizen.”

“Lace had at the back of his mind⟳ a desire to go combo. He had had it ever since he came in contact⟳ with the comely lubras of the district. But at first it had been kept in check by what he called his Sense⟳ of Decency. Not that he was a prude. Apparently he was only colour-proud.”

“2007, Lena Crabbe in Sally Morgan, Tjalaminu Mia and Blaze Kwaymullina (eds), Speaking from the Heart: Stories of Life, Family and Country, North Fremantle, WA: Fremantle Arts Centre Press⟳, p. 36, https://books.google.ca/books?id=izfgb7WGC7oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false His parents were colour proud and they didn't want⟳ him knocking around with Nyungars […]”

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