anti-brown

anti-brown

See also: antibrown

English

Alternative forms

• antibrown

Etymology

anti- +‎ brown

Adjective

anti-brown (comparative more anti-brown, superlative most anti-brown)

1. Opposed to brown-skinned people.
   • 1995, A. M. Rosenthal, "On My Mind; Arianna, Go Home!", The New York Times, 20 June 1995:

     Eliminating or drastically reducing immigration will not just deprive the U.S. of talented people by the millions, and hurt the economy by eliminating the jobs they create. It will also help anti-black, anti-brown, anti-yellow and general anti-foreign nastiness, of which we have good and plenty already.

   • 2013, John D. Márquez, Black-Brown Solidarity: Racial Politics in the New Gulf South, University of Texas (2013), →ISBN, page 71:

     Because blacks were lynched in this case while Latino/as were only driven from town does not mean Latino/as were immune from violence; it calls attention to the fact that anti-black violence was more rampant than anti-brown violence during the late nineteenth century and more foundational to the racial ordering of that regional space.

   • 2014, Sumana Kaipa, quoted in Jerry V. Diller, Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services, Cenage (2015), →ISBN, pages 340-341:

     The events of September 11, 2001, on the other hand, were a significant setback to South Asian Americans, many of whom experienced racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination; were victims of hate crimes associated with the anti-Muslim, anti-brown person backlash that resulted from the attacks; […]