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Meaning of Blackademic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A black academic.
    informal
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Blackademic.
    alt-of

Examples

“We all have pursued successful careers and are active as academics/aka “Blackademics” (scholars and researchers), musicians (performers, composers and arrangers), media personalities, writers, and teachers, often functioning in more than one of these capacities.”
“In the next section I will discuss my experiences being a Blackademic at a historically white institution in the Sociology department.”
“Next, the first part, Black Lives Matter: Research and Reflections, is a collection of writings about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, digital activism, education, race-based stereotypes, and the personal experiences and stories of Blackademics.”
“Female “Blackademics” and Presentation of Self in the Academy: Managing Role Stressors, Navigating Roadblocks, and Managing Impressions Along Career Trajectories”
“Nick wasn’t what he’d had in mind for Billie. He’d planned on a blackademic just like himself. Herbert was the son of teachers who had instilled their deep love of education into him.”
“It’s about an untenured black professor, a “blackademic,” obsessed with Edgar Allen^([sic]) Poe’s novel “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” and the possibility of finding a remote island of pure blackness—the last bastion of the African diaspora—in Antarctica.”
“My uncle, Kevin Gaines, first demonstrated what being a blackademic meant. He wrote aspirational scholarship, introduced me to his colleagues, read and graciously critiqued my work, and answered all my questions about the professoriate.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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