White fear of blacks stems from feared divine or black revenge

Evidence

Looked at like this, white fear is the belief that black people are dangerous; the danger, though, stems from the fear of black revenge or of God’s punishment for our national sins around race. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 228

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precise definition of ‘white fear’ as distinct from simple bigotry — it is moral anxiety over anticipated retribution rather than mere dislike.
• XREF: connects to: A black visitor’s presence triggered fears of interracial dating and baptism — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 157; Black fear of betrayal pairs with white fear of exposure; Orientalism operates like the creation of Blackness as projected white-American fear — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 217