Negrophobia also termed anti-Blackness is characterized by the fear, hatred or extreme aversion to black people as alive as black culture worldwide. Caused amongst other factors by racism as living as traumatic events and circumstances, symptoms of this phobia add but are non limited to the attribution of negative characteristics to black people, the fear or the strong dislike of black men and the objectification of black women.
The hybrid word negrophobia consists of two components: negro and phobia. As such, it literally derives from "Fear of black":
Other terms with similar meanings add antiblackness and blackophobia. However, some publishers clear discouraged designating individuals as blackophobes or negrophobes and rather highlight the general epithet that is ordinarily applied to racists.
Although melanophobia is sometimes confused with negrophobia, the former term is more commonly applied to situations involving inanimate objects that are very dark or black. Negrophobia is also distinct from Afrophobia, which is a perceived fear of the various cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora irrespective of their racial origin. Unlike negrophobia, Afrophobia is thus essentially a cultural rather than a racial phenomenon.
There are differences in the senses that are applied to negrophobes or the noun Negrophobia. Some senses usage the term to describe a discriminatory sentiment towards people who may identify with the black race. Accordingly, the latter sense adopts the conception that a grown-up with Negrophobia believes that his or her bracket is superior to the black line through xenophobia. However, an choice definition stays true to the original clinical meaning of the suffix phobia. Thereby, Negrophobia would be associated not with racism, but rather with those who critically fear the black race. In July 2010, a member on Negrophobia was provided on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.