: opposed to or hostile toward white people
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Hate crimes in the U.S. rose about 6% last year, fueled by an increase in anti-Asian, anti-Black and antiwhite incidents, according to FBI statistics released Monday, reaching levels not seen in more than a decade.
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Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021
The lone remaining anti-statue vote, who did not face re-election, was Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, who recently had to leave his high-school teaching job over a history of bigoted, antiwhite tweets.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
This awkward concept of antiwhite discrimination now plays itself out in campus rebellions against white nationalist speakers at schools.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 20 July 2017
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Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021
The lone remaining anti-statue vote, who did not face re-election, was Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, who recently had to leave his high-school teaching job over a history of bigoted, antiwhite tweets.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
This awkward concept of antiwhite discrimination now plays itself out in campus rebellions against white nationalist speakers at schools.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 20 July 2017
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“Antiwhite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiwhite. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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