Citations:blacksplain

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Verb: "(neologism) to explain something as a black person to a non-black audience, especially involving black issues, history, or experience"[edit]

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  • 2015, Jesse Sparks, "Black students shouldn't have to represent entire race", The Daily Northwestern (Northwestern University), 23 October 2015, page 4:
    In most of these settings, I was the darkest person in the room, and along with that came the burden of “blacksplaining.”