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Babylon

(British)

1. racist white society, Britain. The term originates in the biblical imagery of the rastas, but has spread, largely via the medium of reggae music, to other black youth and disaffected whites.

2. the Babylon the police force when viewed as tokens of oppression or white racist authority. A specific usage of the more general term for society, now widely heard among white youth.

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