Meaning of blackspeak | Babel Free

Definitions

The dialect of English spoken by people of sub-Saharan African ancestry living stateside.

uncountable

Examples

“It sounds odd to us now, but contemporary sources... suggest how the archaic blackspeak that we associate with blackface performers had some of the aura of the later white appropriations of black speech.”

“Jordan's records were the first time many whites encountered the nuances of hip urban blackspeak.”

“Like Hawk, he moved easily in and out of blackspeak as it suited him.”

"They is a couple of approaches to the whore business," he said.

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