misogynoir

English

Etymology

Blend of misogyny +‎ noir, coined by Moya Bailey in 2010.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɒdʒ.ɪˌnwɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɑdʒ.ɪˌnwɑɹ/

Noun

misogynoir (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against black women.
    • 2013, Aisha Durham, Brittany C. Cooper, & Susana M. Morris, "The Stage Hip-Hop Feminism Built: A New Directions Essay", Signs, Volume 38, Number 3, Spring 2013, page 730:
      Hip-hop feminist studies continues to tackle black sexual politics by discussing and challenging the persistence and prevalence of hip-hop "misogynoir" (the hatred of black women and girls), respectability politics, and compulsory heterosexuality within the music and the culture at large.
    • 2014, Monica Cruz, "Someone Tell Kanye West to Stop Insulting Black Women", The Paper (Fordham University), Volume 43, Issue 6, 24 September 2014, page 9:
      Unfortunately, the idealization of white women is most often paired with the condemnation of black women, creating the intersectional problem of misogynoir: the combined racism and sexism black women face.
    • 2015, Treva B. Lindsey, "Let Me Blow Your Mind: Hip Hop Feminist Futures in Theory and Praxis", Urban Education, Volume 50, Number 1, January 2015, pages 57-58:
      Drawing upon a history in which racism, heteropatriarchy, and inter-racial gender ideology rendered Black women invisible and marginalized, Pough compels Black feminists attempting to reject hip-hop feminism to revisit the historical record of Black women pushing back against Black male sexism and misogynoir in Black political, cultural, and social spaces.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:misogynoir.

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References
  1. The Beyoncé Effect: Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism →ISBN, 2016): "I also use the concept of “misogynoir” to underscore how racialized sexism is increasingly propagated through the media, in this case, digital space. Moya Bailey coined the term misogynoir to 'describe the particular brand of hatred directed at [black women]'."
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