borderism

English

Etymology

From border +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

Noun

borderism (uncountable)

  1. (sociology) A form of racial discrimination faced by those who disregard the colour bar.
    • 2000, Heather M. Dalmage, Tripping on the Color Line: Black-white Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World‎[1], Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 41:
      Ironically, if race were natural and essential, individuals would not have to engage in borderism. The act of borderism is one of the many ways in which individuals construct or "do" race.
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