anti-racist
adjective
an·ti-rac·ist
ˌan-tē-ˈrā-sist 
ˌan-tī-
also -shist
variants
or anti-racism
: opposed to racism
anti-racist views
anti-racist policies
Burdon's deep love of black music comes with an unusual degree of sincerity as does his long-standing anti-racist stance.—
Paul Taylor
Paul TaylorThey chanted anti-racism slogans and banged their fists on the newsroom walls …—Allan Wolper
Allan Wolper
anti-racist
noun
These are hardly the only recent instances of anti-racist works being targeted by anti-racists for being insufficiently anti-racist.
—Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell
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The Legacy of Censorship in Documentation of School Life
More than five decades later, surprisingly little has changed for many American high school students interested in confronting racial politics or anti-racist activism, at least in their high school yearbooks.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Antifa activism traces its roots to anti-racist efforts aimed at opposing the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups, according to a June 2020 report from the Congressional Research Service.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Tabone connects Jemisin’s work to intersectional feminist praxis, Afrofuturism, and twenty-first-century anti-racist political movements including Black Lives Matter.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Maybe the anti-racist racists will have to do that this year.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Antifa activism traces its roots to anti-racist efforts aimed at opposing the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups, according to a June 2020 report from the Congressional Research Service.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Tabone connects Jemisin’s work to intersectional feminist praxis, Afrofuturism, and twenty-first-century anti-racist political movements including Black Lives Matter.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Maybe the anti-racist racists will have to do that this year.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Anti-racist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-racist. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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