Blackface

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From black +‎ face.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Blackface (countable and uncountable, plural Blackfaces)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of blackface (form of racist vaudeville entertainment)
    • 2020 June 17, Britt Hayes, “Netflix removes episode of W/ Bob & David featuring Blackface sketch”, in Newswire‎[1], The A.V. Club:
      There is no excuse for donning Blackface.

Usage notes[edit]

Possibly a hypercorrection based on usage of Black—rather than black—as a racial identifier.

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