Meanings
nounwhite shield (plural white shields)
plural white shields
- neologismWhite people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.
The purpose of this white shield around black bodies was to prevent the threat of violence by the police against the black students.
2020, Awino Okech, Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 2
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