Blackface

What do we mean by blackface?

Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of black people, especially in a minstrel show. noun

An actor wearing such makeup in a minstrel show. noun

A style of theatrical makeup in which a white person blackens their face in order to portray a negro noun

The makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro noun

A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.

A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.

When white actors would paint their faces black to resemble black people. Accompanied by a performance stereotyping them as buffoons. Urban Dictionary

Enhancing or exaggerating your features and color of skin to represent another race usually in a offensive way. Urban Dictionary

When a white girl (very light skin asian girls count also) is earing your ass out and you shit on her face. Urban Dictionary

Blackface is White people acting how they wish they could normally act in public, or without being called uncivilized! Blackface is showing that racist white really are the ignorant ones who wear blackface to mislead! Blackface is insecure ignorant whites who shows their normal behavior behind a painted face to make you believe thats how African Americans act in society! Urban Dictionary

Smearing nutella all over your face and taking a picture with the used jar. Urban Dictionary

The act of painting Black on the "face" of a hand to mimic a person of African American origin(s). This "act" is a form of Art..... and is covered under the Freedom of Speech premise....inalienable rights clause.... which means no authority figure or person(s) is allowed to prohibit it. Merica..... Urban Dictionary

When snow possums have a private account without their face as the profile picture, normally a stupid meme, and go around the internet claiming they've never experienced racism, not even subtle racism. "i'm black and i've never experienced racism" is a common internet comment sent by a secret white behind a screen Urban Dictionary

When you cause someone who is not black to think about themselves as black or imagin themselves as a black character. Urban Dictionary

A white person trying to sound black, but fooling nobody. Urban Dictionary

The act of portraying People with Autism in media with highly exaggerated versions of autism stereotypes, often played for comic relief or in a discriminatory fashion. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to blackface:
blackface, black face, blackjack, black ice, blackacre, blackice, clockface, black race, blackfire, blackfaces, black act, blackback.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word blackface:
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Words that rhyme with blackface:
black face, back face, crack face, lack face, pack face, slack face, stack face.

Adjectives that are often used to describe blackface:
antique, black, traditional, early, white, full, point, literal, scottish, american, scotch, grotesque, hardy, pure, popular.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective blackface:
minstrelsy, minstrel, comedian, show, performance, act, makeup, performer, type, comedy, tradition, minstrels, sheep, mask, shows, song, performers, routine, singer, comedians, character, troupe, skits, theater, entertainment, version, acts, entertainer, team, image, performances, disguise, number, characters, caricature, songs, humor, role, stage, dialect, comic, convention, impersonation, entertainers, actor, routines, style, era, ewe, clown, phenomenon, stereotype, actors, artist, sketch, figures, presentation, novel, player, parody, monologue, troupes, chorus, quartet, farce, star, burlesque, band, reverb, turn, duo, repertoire, classic, variety, theatre, cycle, skit, fixation, acting, episode.

Consonant match to blackface:
black face, block face.

Words that sound like blackface:
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