Meaning of blackdar | Babel Free

Definitions

The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“I said I saw⟳ predominantly black people in those "most dangerous neighborhoods", and you went on and on about how race⟳ is an artificial construct, what if his grandfather was white, yada yada yada, yet now you have⟳ no problem identifying the person in the video as a "black woman". How is that? Is it a gift only you have⟳? I have⟳ heard of gaydar...you must have⟳ blackdar.”

“She is pegging my High-Maintenance-dar, and my High-Maintenance-dar is almost as good as my cradar and my blackdar.*”

“(I'd meet⟳ her during the party and she didn't set⟳ off my Blackdar at all, so that convinced me to stop⟳ listening to my Blackdar about the hostess.)”

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