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DEATH TO ALL WHITES {{Short description|Fear, hatred or extreme aversion to Black people and Black culture}}
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[[File:Ku-Klux Klan at Baltimore (1923).jpg|thumb|A gathering of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (KKK), an American [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] [[Right-wing terrorism|terrorist organisation]], at [[Baltimore]] in 1923. The KKK is considered one of the most notorious negrophobic groups in the United States.]]
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[[File:Ku-Klux Klan at Baltimore (1923).jpg|thumb|A gathering of [[White supremacy|White supremacists]] who are members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (KKK) in [[Baltimore]] in 1923. Designated as a [[Right-wing terrorism|far-right terrorist organization]], the KKK first emerged in the [[Southern United States|American South]] in the 19th century and it is widely considered the most notorious anti-Black [[hate group]] in the country, reaching its peak with approximately six million members in the 1920s.]]
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'''NegrophobiaAnti-Black sentiment''', (also termedcalled '''anti-Black racism''', '''anti-Blackness''') or '''Negrophobia''', is characterized by aprejudice, fear,collective hatred, and discrimination or extreme aversion totowards people who are considered [[Black people]], andsuch as [[CapeSub-Saharan Coloureds]]Africa|sub-Saharan or [[ColouredsAfricans]], andas well as a loathing of [[Black culture (disambiguation)|Black culture]]<!--intentional link to DAB page--> worldwide. CausedSymptoms amongstof otherthis factors by [[racism]] and traumatic events and circumstances, symptomsform of this [[phobiaxenophobia]] include, but are not limited to: the attribution of negative characteristics to Black and [[Person of color|Coloured people,]]; the fear or the strong dislike or [[dehumanization]] of Black and Coloured men; and the [[objectification]] (including [[sexual objectification]]) of Black and Coloured women.<ref name="Brooks">{{cite journal|last1=Brooks|first1=Adia A.|date=2012|title=Black Negrophobia and Black Self-Empowerment: Afro-Descendant Responses to Societal Racism in São Paulo, Brazil|url=https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/urc/jur-online/pdf/2012/brooks.adia.pdf|journal=UW-L Journal of Undergraduate Research|volume=XV|page=2|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
 
== Concepts ==
People of [[mixed-race]] descent in South Africa are referred to as Coloureds or Cape Coloureds. This term includes individuals with a mixed-race descent that can include [[List of ethnic groups of Africa|African]], [[Ethnic groups in Asia|Asian]], and [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] heritage.{{sfn|Kline Jr.|1958|p=8254}} In [[South Africa]], the term "Coloured" is considered neutral and is commonly used to refer to individuals who self-identify as such.{{sfn|Stevenson|Waite|2011|p=283}} However, in some [[Western countries]], such as [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and the [[United States]], the term "coloured" has a negative connotation and can be seen as derogatory because it was historically used as a means of categorizing black individuals and reinforcing [[racial hierarchies]].<ref name="news_BBCN">{{Cite web |title=Is the word 'coloured' offensive? |work=BBC News |date=9 November 2006 |access-date=5 June 2019 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6132672.stm }}</ref> The word persists as a neutral descriptor in the names of some older organizations, such as the American [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP).
 
=== ''Negrophobia''Anti-Black sentiment and identity ===
The 1911 census in South Africa played a significant role in shaping racial identities within the country. The enumeration process involved specific instructions for classifying individuals into different racial categories, and the category of "coloured persons" was used to refer to all people of mixed race. This included various ethnic groups such as [[Khoekhoe|Khoikhoi]], [[San people|San]], [[Cape Malays]], [[Griquas]], [[Khoemana|Korannas]], [[Creole peoples|Creoles]], [[Negroes]], and [[Cape Coloureds]].
 
MorePsychiatrist specifically[[Frantz onFanon|Franz Fanon's analysis of ''Negrophobia'', the psychiatrist]] was the first to introduce the concept of internalized anti-Black ''Negrophobia''sentiment, pointing to the hatred of Black people and Black culture [[Self-hatred|by Black people themselves]].<ref name="Brooks" /> Indeed, he asserts that ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment is a form of "trauma for white people of the Negro".<ref name="Alessandrini2005">{{cite book|author=Anthony C. Alessandrini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6qGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|title=Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives|date=3 August 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-65657-8|page=153}}</ref> Equivalent to internalised racism caused by the trauma of living in a culture defining Black people as inherently evil, Fanon emphasises the slight existing cultural intricacies caused by the vast diversity of Black people and cultures, as well as the nature of their colonisation by White Europeans.<ref name="Brooks" /> The symptoms of such internalized anti-Black ''Negrophobia''sentiment include a rejection of their native or ethnic language in favour of [[European languages]], a marked preference for [[Culture of Europe|European cultures]] over Black cultures, and a tendency to surround themselves with lighter skinned people rather than darker skinned ones.<ref name="Brooks" /> Similarly, the pattern further includes attributing negative characteristics to Black people, culture, and things. [[Toni Morrison]]'s novel ''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970) stands as an illustrative work on the destroying effects of ''Negrophobia'' among the Black community on themselves.<ref name="Blue">{{cite journal|last1=Maleki, Nasser and Haj'jari and Mohammad-Javad|date=2015|title=Negrophobia and Anti-Negritude in Morrison's The Bluest Eye|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291147460|journal=Epiphany: Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies|volume=8|page=69|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> Indeed, the main character, Pecola Breedlove, through her non-reconciliation with her Black identity, her Black societal indifference and her craving for symbolic blue eyes, presents all the signs of an internalised ''Negrophobia''.<ref name="Blue" /> She develops an anti-Black [[neurosis]] due to her feeling of non-existence both within the White and her own community.<ref name="Blue" />
What is particularly noteworthy about the classification of "coloured persons" is that it included individuals of black African descent, commonly known as "Negroes". As a result, Coloureds or Cape Coloureds, as a group of mixed-race descent individuals, also have Black African ancestry and can be considered part of the broader [[African diaspora]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moultrie |first1=Tom A. |last2=Dorrington |first2=Rob E. |title=Used for ill; used for good: a century of collecting data on race in South Africa |journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies |date=August 2012 |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=1447–1465 |doi=10.1080/01419870.2011.607502}}</ref>
 
Similarly, the pattern further includes attributing negative characteristics to Black people, culture, and things. [[Toni Morrison]]'s novel ''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970) stands as an illustrative work on the destroying effects of anti-Black sentiment among the Black community on themselves.<ref name="Blue">{{cite journal|last1=Maleki, Nasser and Haj'jari and Mohammad-Javad|date=2015|title=Negrophobia and Anti-Negritude in Morrison's The Bluest Eye|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291147460|journal=Epiphany: Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies|volume=8|page=69|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> Indeed, the main character, Pecola Breedlove, through her non-reconciliation with her Black identity, her Black societal indifference and her craving for symbolic blue eyes, presents all the signs of an internalised anti-Black sentiment.<ref name="Blue" /> She develops an anti-Black [[neurosis]] due to her feeling of non-existence both within the White and her own community.<ref name="Blue" />
The racial category of Coloureds is a multifaceted and heterogeneous group that exhibits great diversity. Analogously, they can be compared to the [[Black American]] population, which is composed of approximately 75% [[West Africa]]n and 25% [[Northern Europe]]an ancestry. However, the Cape Coloureds possess an even greater level of complexity due to the presence of [[Bantu peoples|Bantu African]] ancestry in their genetic makeup, which is closely linked to the West African heritage of Black Americans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Razib |date=June 16, 2011 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-cape-coloureds-are-a-mix-of-everything |title=The Cape Coloureds are a mix of everything |website=Discover |access-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Christopher|first=A. J.|date=2002|title='To Define the Indefinable': Population Classification and the Census in South Africa|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20004271|journal=Area|volume=34|issue=4|pages=401–408|doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00097|jstor=20004271|issn=0004-0894}}</ref>
 
While the latter theoretical framework is academically debated, Fanon insists on the nature of ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment as a socio-diagnosis, thus characterising not individuals but rather entire societies and their patterns.<ref name="Brooks" /> Fanon thereby implies that ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment is a cross-disciplinary area of research, justifying that its analysis and understanding may not be confined to the [[psychological]] field.<ref name="Brooks" />
While Coloureds in South Africa do have black African ancestry, it is important to recognize that they have a distinct identity and experiences that are a bit different from those of black South Africans.
 
=== Anti-Black sentiment and law ===
Despite this, there are instances where Coloureds may face [[discrimination]] and [[prejudice]] based on their mixed-race descent and black African ancestry.
 
The notion of involuntary ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment is highly debated in the academic and [[legal]] arenas, specifically opposing [[Instrumentalism|instrumentalists]] and non-instrumentalists. The former are favourable to the involuntary nature of a [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], thereby defending the uncontrollable nature of a defendant's actions.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=64}} This approach focusses on the personal culpability of the individual defendant,{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=64}} thus disregarding any possible social implications. On the other hand, instrumentalists do consider such broader implications, viewing the law as an object of social change and claiming to promote the general [[welfare]] by refusing to recognise legal claims damaging the integrity of the legal.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=65}} This view criticises non instrumentalists for equating ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment with [[insanity]] by allowing a person's racial fear to legally justify and even excuse violent behaviour.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=65}} Following widespread claims that sane but guilty defendants may exploit the insanity defence to escape long [[prison sentence]]s,{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=66}} a similar skepticism with respect to defences invoking ''Negrophobia''anti-Black sentiment would result in significant distrust in the legal and [[criminal justice system]], thereby indirectly destroying the legitimacy of such courts.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=66}}
Furthermore, some individuals who hold prejudiced attitudes towards black people may also hold negative attitudes towards Coloureds, viewing them as inferior or less desirable due to their mixed-race heritage.
 
=== Anti-blacknessBlackness in education and organization studies===
== Definitions ==
In response to [[Black Lives Matter]] organizing contemporary scholars of Education, Human Resource Development, and Critical Management Studies have begun focusing on anti-Blackness in schools and places of business.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bell|first1=Myrtle P.|last2=Berry|first2=Daphne|last3=Leopold|first3=Joy|last4=Nkomo|first4=Stella|date=January 2021|title=Making Black Lives Matter in academia: A Black feminist call for collective action against anti‐blacknessanti-blackness in the academy|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwao.12555|journal=Gender, Work & Organization|volume=28|issue=S1|pages=39–57|doi=10.1111/gwao.12555|hdl=2263/85604 |s2cid=224844343 |issn=0968-6673|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bohonos |first1=Jeremy W |title=Workplace hate speech and rendering Black and Native lives as if they do not matter: A nightmarish autoethnography |journal=Organization |date=July 2023 |volume=30 |issue=4 |s2cid=236294224 |pages=605–623 |doi=10.1177/13505084211015379 |issn=1350-5084}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dumas|first=Michael J.|date=2016-01-02|title=Against the Dark: Antiblackness in Education Policy and Discourse|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2016.1116852|journal=Theory into Practice|volume=55|issue=1|pages=11–19|doi=10.1080/00405841.2016.1116852|s2cid=147252566 |issn=0040-5841}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dumas|first1=Michael J.|last2=ross|first2=kihana miraya|date=April 2016|title="Be Real Black for Me": Imagining BlackCrit in Education|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042085916628611|journal=Urban Education|volume=51|issue=4|pages=415–442|doi=10.1177/0042085916628611|s2cid=147319546 |issn=0042-0859}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bohonos|first1=Jeremy W.|last2=Sisco|first2=Stephanie|date=June 2021|title=Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti‐racistanti-racist learning organizations|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ace.20428|journal=New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education|volume=2021|issue=170|pages=89–98|doi=10.1002/ace.20428|s2cid=240576110 |issn=1052-2891}}</ref> These efforts build on established critical race discourses in their respective field and incorporate concepts from [[Afro-pessimism (United States)|Afropessimism]].{{sfn|Wilderson|2021|p=}}{{page missing|date=March 2024}}
 
=== Lexicology Negrophobia===
 
Since its earliest usage, the words ''negrophobe'' or ''negrophobia'' have referred to anti-Black racism<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=J. L .A. |title=Racism and the Discourse of Phobias: Negrophobia, Xenophobia and More---Dialogue with Kim and Sundstrom |url=https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/7164 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=SUNY Open Access Repository |page=2}}</ref> — i.e., a [[discriminatory]] sentiment towards people who may identify with the Black race,{{sfn|Wolfrum|1999|p=492}} often because the person believes that his or her race is superior to the Black race through [[xenophobia]].{{sfn|Hankela|2014|p=88}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berwanger |first=Eugene H. |date=1972 |title=Negrophobia in Northern Proslavery and Antislavery Thought |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/273527 |journal=Phylon (1960-) |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=266–275 |doi=10.2307/273527 |issn=0031-8906}}</ref> ''Internalized negrophobia'' refers to "internalized racism" among Black people who have been socialized to see themselves as inferior.<ref name="Brooks" /> The term ''negrophobia'' was probably modelled on the word ''nigrophilism'', itself first appearing in 1802 in Baudry des Lozières's ''Les égarements du nigrophilisme''.<ref name="une">{{cite web |last1=Une Autre Histoire |date=13 January 2015 |title=Négrophobie |url=http://une-autre-histoire.org/negrophobie/ |access-date=6 May 2020 |website=une-autre-histoire.org}}</ref> It likely preceded the term "racism" itself and, comparing it to xenophobia and homophobia, J. L. A. Garcia refers to it as "the granddaddy of these ‘-phobia’ terms".<ref name=":0" />
The [[hybrid word]] ''negrophobia'' consists of two components: ''negro'' and ''[[phobia]]''. As such, it literally derives from "Fear of black":
 
In December 1921, the term ''negrophobia'' was used to describe an outbreak of violent anti-Black "race hatred" in the [[Dominican Republic]] by John Sydney de Bourg, a spokesman for the local chapter of the [[Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League|Universal Negro Improvement Association]] in [[San Pedro de Macorís]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Micah |date=2015-04-03 |title=An Epidemic of Negrophobia: Blackness and the Legacy of the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00064246.2015.1012994 |journal=The Black Scholar |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=21–33 |doi=10.1080/00064246.2015.1012994 |issn=0006-4246}}</ref> It further reappeared in January 1927 in [[Lamine Senghor]]'s ''La voix des nègres'', a monthly anti-colonialist newspaper. The term was later popularised by [[Frantz Fanon]], especially in his works ''Peaux noires masques blancs'' and ''[[Les Damnés de la Terre]]'', in which he portrayed it as both an individual and societal illness, as well as an expression of racism.<ref name="une" /><ref name="Brooks" />
* From [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''[[negro]]'', "Black color"
* From Greek: φόβος, phóbos, "[[Fear]] of"
 
In [[France]], ''Une Autre Histoire'' describes ''negrophobia'' as meaning "the most virulent form of racism targeting those who are perceived as « blacks » by people considering themselves different from « blacks »" (translation).<ref name="une" /> Adia A. Brooks, who developed the Multidimensional Negrophobia Index (MNI), describes it as a "thought system" and "the profound fear or hatred of black people and black culture."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Adia A. |year=2012 |title=Black Negrophobia and Black Self-Empowerment: Afro-Descendant Responses to Societal Racism in São Paulo, Brazil |url=https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/urc/jur-online/pdf/2012/brooks.adia.pdf |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=UW-L Journal of Undergraduate Research}}</ref>
Other terms with similar meanings include ''antiblackness'' and ''blackophobia''.{{sfn|Rieger|2013|p=177}}{{sfn|Adem|Mazrui|2013|p=105}} However, some publishers have discouraged designating individuals as ''blackophobes'' or ''negrophobes'' and rather highlight the general epithet that is usually applied to racists.{{sfn|Ball|2013|p=xxvi}}
 
An alternative, less common usage remains closer to the clinical meaning of the suffix ''-phobia'', where ''negrophobia'' would describe an involuntary psychological fear of the Black race.{{sfn|McCulloch|2002|p=73}} This clinical meaning has been used as a legal defense to justify violent crimes against Black people, including murder, as a form of self-defense.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Armour |first=Jody D. |date=1994 |title=Race Ipsa Loquitur: Of Reasonable Racists, Intelligent Bayesians, and Involuntary Negrophobes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229093 |journal=Stanford Law Review |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=781–816 |doi=10.2307/1229093 |issn=0038-9765}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Brandon |date=2014-08-29 |title=Negrophobia: Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and America’s Fear of Black People |url=https://time.com/3207307/negrophobia-michael-brown-eric-garner-and-americas-fear-of-black-people/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref> In July 2010, a segment on ''negrophobia'' was featured on ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]'' on [[MSNBC]].<ref name="M">{{cite web |author=Maddow, Rachel |author-link=Rachel Maddow |date=July 21, 2010 |title=Scaring white people for fun and profit |url=http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/scaring-white-people-fun-and-profit |work=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref>{{sfn|James|2019|p=}}{{page missing|date=March 2024}}{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=2}}{{sfn|Bauerlein|2001|p=3}}<ref>{{cite web |author1=HarperCollins Publishers |date=2022 |title=Negrophobia |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Negrophobia |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language}}</ref> As a psychiatrist, Fanon also originally described ''negrophobia'' as an individual and societal "neurosis", although he saw it as the psychological structure underpinning colonial racism.<ref>Yokum, N. (2024). "A call for psycho-affective change: Fanon, feminism, and white negrophobic femininity." ''Philosophy & Social Criticism'', 50(2), 343-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537221103897</ref><ref>Sandra Lee Bartky, ''Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression'' (New York: Routledge, 1990), p. 22.</ref><ref>Mary Ann Doane, ‘Dark Continents: Epistemologies of Racial and Sexual Difference in Psychoanalysis and the Cinema’, in ''Femmes Fatales: Feminism, Film Theory, and Psychoanalysis'' (New York: Routledge, 2013/1991: 209–248), 217.</ref><ref>Burman, E. (2016). "Fanon’s Lacan and the Traumatogenic Child: Psychoanalytic Reflections on the Dynamics of Colonialism and Racism." ''Theory, Culture & Society'', 33(4), 77-101. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276415598627</nowiki></ref>
Although ''melanophobia'' is sometimes confused with ''negrophobia'', the former term is more commonly applied to situations involving inanimate objects that are very dark or black.{{sfn|Klaffke|2003|p=[https://archive.org/details/spree00pame/page/181 181]}} ''Negrophobia'' is also distinct from ''[[Afrophobia]]'', which is a perceived fear of the various cultures and peoples of [[List of ethnic groups of Africa|Africa]] and the [[African diaspora]] irrespective of their racial origin. Unlike ''negrophobia'', ''Afrophobia'' is thus essentially a cultural rather than a racial phenomenon.{{sfn|Achola|1992|p=127}}
 
== Anti-Black sentiment globally ==
=== Debates over definitions===
 
=== Africa ===
There are differences in the senses that are applied to ''negrophobes'' or the noun ''Negrophobia''. Some senses use the term to describe a [[discriminatory]] sentiment towards people who may identify with the Black race.{{sfn|Wolfrum|1999|p=492}} Accordingly, the latter sense adopts the notion that a person with ''Negrophobia'' believes that his or her race is superior to the Black race through [[xenophobia]].{{sfn|Hankela|2014|p=88}} However, an alternative definition stays true to the original clinical meaning of the suffix phobia. Thereby, ''Negrophobia'' would be associated not with [[racism]], but rather with those who critically fear the Black race.{{sfn|McCulloch|2002|p=73}} In July 2010, a segment on ''Negrophobia'' was featured on ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]'' on [[MSNBC]].<ref name="M">{{cite web|title=Scaring white people for fun and profit|url=http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/scaring-white-people-fun-and-profit|author=Maddow, Rachel|author-link=Rachel Maddow|date=July 21, 2010|work=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref>{{sfn|James|2019|p=}}{{page missing|date=March 2024}}{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=2}}{{sfn|Bauerlein|2001|p=3}}<ref>{{cite web |author1=HarperCollins Publishers |title=Negrophobia |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Negrophobia |website=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |access-date=1 March 2024 |date=2022}}</ref>
 
==== OverviewSouth Africa ====
{{Excerpt|Racism in South Africa}}
 
===== HistoricalCape contextColoureds =====
People of [[mixedMultiracial people|Mixed-race people]] descent in [[South Africa]] are referred to as [[Coloureds]] or [[Cape Coloureds]]. This term includes individuals with a mixed-race descent that can include [[List of ethnic groups of Africa|African]], [[Ethnic groups in Asia|Asian]], and [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] ethnic heritage.{{sfn|Kline Jr.|1958|p=8254}} In [[South Africa]], theThe term "Coloured" is considered neutral in South African society and is commonly used to refer to individuals who self-identify as such.{{sfn|Stevenson|Waite|2011|p=283}} However, in some [[Western world|Western countries]], such as the [[Race and ethnicity in the United Kingdom|BritainUnited Kingdom]] and the [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|United States]], the term "colouredColoured" has a negative connotation and can be seen as derogatory because it was historically used as a means of categorizing blackBlack individuals and reinforcing [[racial hierarchies]].<ref name="news_BBCN">{{Cite web |date=9 November 2006 |title=Is the word 'coloured' offensive? |work=BBC News |date=9 November 2006 |access-date=5 June 2019 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6132672.stm |access-date=5 June 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The word persists as a neutral descriptor in the names of some older organizations, such as the American [[NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP) in the United States.
 
The [[Demographics of South Africa#Earlier Censuses, 1904 to 2011|1911 South African census]] played a significant role in shaping the country's racial identities. The enumeration process involved specific instructions for classifying individuals into different racial categories, and the category of "Coloured persons" was used to refer to all people of mixed race. This included various ethnicities, such as [[Khoekhoe|Khoikhoi]], [[San people|San]], [[Cape Malays]], [[Griqua people|Griquas]], [[Khoemana|Korannas]], [[Creole peoples|Creoles]], [[Negroes]], and Cape Coloureds. What is particularly noteworthy about the classification of "colouredColoured persons" is that it included individuals of blackBlack African descent, who were commonly known as "Negroes". As a result, Coloureds or Cape Coloureds, as a group of mixed-race descent individuals, also have Black African ancestry and can be considered part of the broader [[African diaspora]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moultrie |first1=Tom A. |last2=Dorrington |first2=Rob E. |date=August 2012 |title=Used for ill; used for good: a century of collecting data on race in South Africa |journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies |date=August 2012 |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=1447–1465 |doi=10.1080/01419870.2011.607502}}</ref>
In Europe, ''Negrophobia'' finds its roots in the 17th century due to its extensive historical [[colonisation]] and [[slavery]].<ref name="une">{{cite web|title=Négrophobie|url=http://une-autre-histoire.org/negrophobie/|last1=Une Autre Histoire|website=une-autre-histoire.org|date=13 January 2015 |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> According to certain sources, the term ''Negrophobia'' would have been forged on the model of the word ''Nigrophilism'', itself first appearing in 1802 in Baudry des Lozières's ''Les égarements du nigrophilisme''.<ref name="une" /> It further reappeared in January 1927 in [[Lamine Senghor]]'s ''La voix des nègres'', a monthly anti-colonialist newspaper. The term was later popularised by [[Frantz Fanon]], especially in his works ''Peaux noires masques blancs'' and ''[[Les Damnés de la Terre]]''.<ref name="une" /> More recently in 2005, an anti-negrophobia brigade (BAN) was created in [[France]] to protest against increasing targeted acts and occurrences of [[police violence]].<ref name="une" /> The latter protest movements notably underwent severe police violence in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris during the 2011 and 2013 abolition of slavery commemorations.<ref name="une" />
 
The racial category of Coloureds is a multifaceted and heterogeneous group that exhibits great diversity. Analogously, they can be compared to the [[African Americans|Black AmericanAmericans]] population, whichwhose population is composed of approximately 75% [[West Africa]]n and 25% [[Northern Europe]]an ancestry. However, the Cape Coloureds possess an even greater level of complexity due to the presence of [[Bantu peoples|Bantu African]] ancestry in their [[genetic makeup]], which is closely linked to the predominantly West African heritage of Black Americans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Razib |date=June 16, 2011 |title=The Cape Coloureds are a mix of everything |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-cape-coloureds-are-a-mix-of-everything |title=The Cape Coloureds are a mix of everything |website=Discover |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Discover}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Christopher |first=A. J. |date=2002 |title='To Define the Indefinable': Population Classification and the Census in South Africa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20004271 |journal=Area |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=401–408 |bibcode=2002Area...34..401C |doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00097|jstor=20004271 |issn=0004-0894 |jstor=20004271}}</ref>
=== ''Negrophobia'' and identity ===
 
While Coloureds in South Africa do have Black African ancestry, it is important to recognize that they have a distinct identity and experiences that differ from those of Black South Africans. Despite this, there are instances where Coloureds may face discrimination and prejudice based on their mixed-race descent and Black African ancestry. Furthermore, some individuals who hold prejudiced attitudes towards Black people may also hold negative attitudes towards Coloureds, viewing them as inferior or less desirable due to their mixed-race heritage.
More specifically on Fanon's analysis of ''Negrophobia'', the psychiatrist was the first to introduce the concept of Black ''Negrophobia'', pointing to the hatred of Black people and Black culture [[Self-hatred|by Black people themselves]].<ref name="Brooks" /> Indeed, he asserts that ''Negrophobia'' is a form of "trauma for white people of the Negro".<ref name="Alessandrini2005">{{cite book|author=Anthony C. Alessandrini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6qGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|title=Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives|date=3 August 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-65657-8|page=153}}</ref> Equivalent to internalised racism caused by the trauma of living in a culture defining Black people as inherently evil, Fanon emphasises the slight existing cultural intricacies caused by the vast diversity of Black people and cultures, as well as the nature of their colonisation by White Europeans.<ref name="Brooks" /> The symptoms of such Black ''Negrophobia'' include a rejection of their native or ethnic language in favour of [[European languages]], a marked preference for [[Culture of Europe|European cultures]] over Black cultures, and a tendency to surround themselves with lighter skinned people rather than darker skinned ones.<ref name="Brooks" /> Similarly, the pattern further includes attributing negative characteristics to Black people, culture, and things. [[Toni Morrison]]'s novel ''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970) stands as an illustrative work on the destroying effects of ''Negrophobia'' among the Black community on themselves.<ref name="Blue">{{cite journal|last1=Maleki, Nasser and Haj'jari and Mohammad-Javad|date=2015|title=Negrophobia and Anti-Negritude in Morrison's The Bluest Eye|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291147460|journal=Epiphany: Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies|volume=8|page=69|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> Indeed, the main character, Pecola Breedlove, through her non-reconciliation with her Black identity, her Black societal indifference and her craving for symbolic blue eyes, presents all the signs of an internalised ''Negrophobia''.<ref name="Blue" /> She develops an anti-Black [[neurosis]] due to her feeling of non-existence both within the White and her own community.<ref name="Blue" />
 
=== Asia ===
While the latter theoretical framework is academically debated, Fanon insists on the nature of ''Negrophobia'' as a socio-diagnosis, thus characterising not individuals but rather entire societies and their patterns.<ref name="Brooks" /> Fanon thereby implies that ''Negrophobia'' is a cross-disciplinary area of research, justifying that its analysis and understanding may not be confined to the [[psychological]] field.<ref name="Brooks" />
 
==== ''Negrophobia'' and lawIsrael ====
{{Excerpt|Racism in Israel#Racism against Black African non-Jews}}
 
==== Japan ====
The notion of involuntary ''Negrophobia'' is highly debated in the academic and [[legal]] arenas, specifically opposing [[Instrumentalism|instrumentalists]] and non-instrumentalists. The former are favourable to the involuntary nature of a [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], thereby defending the uncontrollable nature of a defendant's actions.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=64}} This approach focusses on the personal culpability of the individual defendant,{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=64}} thus disregarding any possible social implications. On the other hand, instrumentalists do consider such broader implications, viewing the law as an object of social change and claiming to promote the general [[welfare]] by refusing to recognise legal claims damaging the integrity of the legal.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=65}} This view criticises non instrumentalists for equating ''Negrophobia'' with [[insanity]] by allowing a person's racial fear to legally justify and even excuse violent behaviour.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=65}} Following widespread claims that sane but guilty defendants may exploit the insanity defence to escape long [[prison sentence]]s,{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=66}} a similar skepticism with respect to defences invoking ''Negrophobia'' would result in significant distrust in the legal and [[criminal justice system]], thereby indirectly destroying the legitimacy of such courts.{{sfn|Armour|1997|p=66}}
{{Excerpt|Afro-Asians#Japan}}
 
==== Saudi Arabia ====
=== Anti-blackness in education and organization studies===
{{Excerpt|Afro-Asians#Saudi Arabia}}
In response to [[Black Lives Matter]] organizing contemporary scholars of Education, Human Resource Development, and Critical Management Studies have begun focusing on anti-Blackness in schools and places of business.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bell|first1=Myrtle P.|last2=Berry|first2=Daphne|last3=Leopold|first3=Joy|last4=Nkomo|first4=Stella|date=January 2021|title=Making Black Lives Matter in academia: A Black feminist call for collective action against anti‐blackness in the academy|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwao.12555|journal=Gender, Work & Organization|volume=28|issue=S1|pages=39–57|doi=10.1111/gwao.12555|s2cid=224844343 |issn=0968-6673}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bohonos |first1=Jeremy W |title=Workplace hate speech and rendering Black and Native lives as if they do not matter: A nightmarish autoethnography |journal=Organization |date=July 2023 |volume=30 |issue=4 |s2cid=236294224 |pages=605–623 |doi=10.1177/13505084211015379 |issn=1350-5084}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dumas|first=Michael J.|date=2016-01-02|title=Against the Dark: Antiblackness in Education Policy and Discourse|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2016.1116852|journal=Theory into Practice|volume=55|issue=1|pages=11–19|doi=10.1080/00405841.2016.1116852|s2cid=147252566 |issn=0040-5841}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dumas|first1=Michael J.|last2=ross|first2=kihana miraya|date=April 2016|title="Be Real Black for Me": Imagining BlackCrit in Education|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042085916628611|journal=Urban Education|volume=51|issue=4|pages=415–442|doi=10.1177/0042085916628611|s2cid=147319546 |issn=0042-0859}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bohonos|first1=Jeremy W.|last2=Sisco|first2=Stephanie|date=June 2021|title=Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti‐racist learning organizations|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ace.20428|journal=New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education|volume=2021|issue=170|pages=89–98|doi=10.1002/ace.20428|s2cid=240576110 |issn=1052-2891}}</ref> These efforts build on established critical race discourses in their respective field and incorporate concepts from [[Afro-pessimism (United States)|Afropessimism]].{{sfn|Wilderson|2021|p=}}{{page missing|date=March 2024}}
 
=== Europe ===
In Europe, anti-Black sentiment finds its roots in the 17th century due to its extensive historical [[colonisation]] and [[slavery]].<ref name="une" />
 
==== France ====
In 2005, an anti-negrophobia brigade (BAN) was created in France to protest against increasing numbers of targeted acts and occurrences of [[police violence]] against Black people.<ref name="une" /> The latter protest movements notably underwent severe police violence in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris during the 2011 and 2013 abolition of slavery commemorations.<ref name="une" />
 
==== The United Kingdom ====
{{Excerpt|Racism in the United Kingdom#Black}}
 
=== North America ===
 
==== Canada ====
{{Excerpt|Black Canadians#Racism}}
 
==== The United States ====
{{Excerpt|Racism against African Americans}}
 
=== Oceania ===
 
==== Australia ====
{{Excerpt|African Australians#Social status}}
 
=== South America ===
 
==== Brazil ====
{{Excerpt|Racism in Brazil#Persisting inequality}}
 
==See also==
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* [[Xenophobia]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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