whitelash
/ˈ(h)waɪtlæʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
Example Sentences
- "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."