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adjective
- 1. of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white: "black smoke"
- 2. belonging to or denoting a human group having dark-colored skin, especially of sub-Saharan African ancestry. "he discusses the position of black people in America"
noun
- 1. black color or pigment: "a tray decorated in black and green"
- 2. the situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation: "I managed to break even in the first six months—quite a short time for a small business to get into the black"
verb
- 1. make (something) black; blacken: "the house was pocked with bullet holes and blacked by smoke"
- 2. refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action: dated British "the union blacked the film because overtime was not being paid"
To be considered black in the United States not even half of one's ancestry must be African black. But will one-fourth do, or one-eighth, or less? The nation's answer to the question 'Who is...
Check pronunciation: black. Definition of black adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
May 25, 2023 · The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, set to be released in 2025, will define historically Black words and phrases and provide the more accurate origins of those words — reclaiming them, in a way.
Blackness, secondly, is a conscious mental attitude expressed in political practice, social organizations, and commitment to the group. It is embraced by those who by law or custom experience racial discrimination and identify themselves as a group in the struggle toward the realization of their aspirations.
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Jul 7, 2022 · In recent research evaluating the health of Black people in Canada, many terms have been used to define who is Black. These include “Black individuals, people or communities;” 1, 2 “Black Canadians;” 3 “African-Canadians;” 4 “African;” “Caribbean;” 5 “Black Africans;” 6 “African-Caribbean or African and Caribbean ...
Feb 20, 2015 · What it means to be black in America today lies at the complex intersection of race, class and space, says Tufts sociologist Orly Clerge, who is working on a book about the diversity of black identity in the United States. It compares the black immigrant experience to that of the African American middle class.
Feb 25, 2021 · Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the...
