Meaning of whitelash | Babel Free

Definitions

A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.

Examples

“This was the blacklash. The whitelash came, too, and blood flowed in the streets.”

“There are four ‘whitelash’ bills currently before Congress, designed to seriously undermine Native American rights [and] sovereignty, and treaty land.”

“for more on 'whitelash' reactions to militant black writing.”

“There has been a particularly acute white backlash or 'whitelash' in the United States against affirmative action programmes which promote women and black men.”

“See how the white-lash gave Blacks and Latinos the blues! No way to claim investment profits shareholders lose!”

“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.”

“My sense is that even Obama didn't see Trump coming; he didn't see the full extent of the whitelash. And it is that whitelash, the likes of which we have yet to see fully, that drives home the fierce urgency of now.”

“And while many accomplishments exist for celebrating during the Obama years, specifically in the midst of a Trump whitelash, Obama's immigration policies have been devastating to migrants south of the border”

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