Anti-Black racism

Anti-Black racism (ABR) originally described racism towards Black people of African descent . The term Black can apply more widely to other groups, including Pacific and non-Atlantic Blacks . Anti-Black racism has since been used to refer to racism against Black people more generally . The term Afrophobia (or Afriphobia) and melanophobia have also been used . Anti-Black racism first used by Canadian scholar Dr. Akua Benjamin in a 1992 report on Ontario race relations . Melanophobia has been used to refer to both anti-Black racism and colourism (prejudice against people with darker skin) Anti-Black racism is a structure of iniquities in power, resources and opportunities that systematically disadvantages people of African descent .