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White supremacy

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white supremacist
n.
One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society.

white supremacy n.

White supremacy
n
(Sociology) the theory or belief that White people are innately superior to people of other races
White supremacist  n & adj
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Noun1.white supremacy - the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races
racism - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races


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Without the work of the separate species naturalists in the 19th century, white supremacy would have had a very different history.
Brown and Webb argue, for example, as does Jacquelyn Dowd Hall elsewhere, that southern white supremacy was a patriarchal system that privileged white men at the expense of white women in addition to people considered racially inferior.
The statement, "Wait a minute, I think we need to talk about this," can immediately begin to address the unconscious remark or divisive action rooted in white supremacy and privilege.
 
 
 
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