anti-Cushitism

• anticushitism, anti-cushitism

From anti- +‎ Cushitism.

Sense 2 references the anti-Zionist "Minnesota Was Promised to the Somalis" meme, which parodies the belief of the Holy Land being promised to Jews by facetiously claiming that the land of Minnesota was promised to Somalis. It was done in response to the crackdowns in November 2025 on Somali immigrants in Minnesota.^[1] In this sense, anti-Cushitism refers to Somalis by the broader ethnolinguistic grouping Cushite in analogy to the manner in which Jews are referred to by the equivalent grouping Semite in the word anti-Semitism.

anti-Cushitism (uncountable)

1. Prejudice, hostility or discrimination against Cushites.
   • 2015 July 22, Fayyis Oromia, “Brief National Profile of Agawia (Agaw-Midir) in Oromian Union”, in Voice of Justice – VOJ‎^[2], archived from the original on 7 December 2025:

     Agaw-Midir and its people are victims of the last three millennia anti-Cushitism.

   • 2018 February 24, Crow, “How significant were Somali Kingdoms/Sultanates?”, in Somali Spot‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 December 2025, post-1000067:

     We are not mentioned because of anti-Cushitism coupled with Islamophobia.

2. (anti-Zionism, humorous) Prejudice, hostility or discrimination against Somalis, including opposition to a Somali homeland in Minnesota.
   • 2025 December 5, @Robintschek_CIA, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 7 December 2025:

     As a Somalist ally, I can't stand this anti-Cushitism #stopanticushitism #amsomalichai