political blackness

English

Noun

political blackness (uncountable)

1. The use of the word black as an umbrella term to refer to all non-white people, with the aim of increased solidarity among people likely to experience discrimination based on skin color.
   • 2023, Colm Murphy, Futures of Socialism, page 173:

     […] criticism of political blackness emerged from the 'Bristol school of multiculturalism'. A particularly robust critic was the sociologist Tariq Modood, who argued that the blanket term black 'harmed British Asians' by eliding their specific experiences and downplaying their own cultural inheritances.

Related terms

• political lesbianism

See also

• POC, of color