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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.
Feb 25, 2014 · To define what’s authentically black is virtually impossible, as there are as many ways to be black as there are black people. 4. Black culture is not proprietary to black people. Many...
May 6, 2023 · black adjective & noun. Meaning & use. adjective. I. literal. I.1.a. Old English–. Of the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, or a small hole in a hollow object; designating this colour; (also) so near this as to have no recognizable colour, very dark.
Jun 10, 2020 · About 52 percent of non-Hispanic black Americans said they viewed being black as “extremely important” to how they thought about themselves, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted ...
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Jul 7, 2022 · Who is Black? The urgency of accurately defining the Black population when conducting health research in Canada - PMC. Journal List. CMAJ. v.194 (27); 2022 Jul 18. PMC9299740. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature.
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.
