patronizing attitude

The teen had initially been friends with the girls, who referred to him as their “gay friend,” his parents said, but something caused a rift that turned their patronizing attitude into hostility.

She keeps her opinions largely to herself, but she makes her displeasure known about the misguided faith he has in his fellow white citizens and the patronizing attitude he has toward the Black folk he’s trying to protect.

That patronizing attitude isn't just limited to the work of rearing children, either, but also applies to educating them.

“This patronizing attitude subconsciously also reminds Ukrainians of the horrors of the Nazi occupation, when Ukrainians were treated as subhuman,” said Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany.

Courtnie Thurston, who is writing her master’s thesis on Lakeland and urban renewal at Morgan State University, said the language reflected the patronizing attitude of city officials and developers, who ignored the fact that many Lakeland families built their own homes and passed them down from generation to generation.