| 单词 | plantation mentality |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplantation mentality plantation mentality n. derogatory (chiefly Caribbean and U.S.) an attitude likened to that which was prevalent on plantations operating with slave labour, esp. in accepting or condoning racial inequality or paternalism. ΚΠ 1936 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 35 222 The plantation mentality still prevails and policy tends too strongly toward rehabilitation of the bankrupt planter. 1969 J. McEvoy & A. Miller Black Power & Student Rebellion i. 26 The continuation of the plantation mentality in both blacks and whites, the white student activists told us, has got to stop. 2000 National Catholic Reporter 2 June 4/4 Some white priests request to serve in the African-American community, but they can't come with a plantation mentality. < as lemmas |
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