Meaning of paper bag test | Babel Free

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Synonym of brown bag test (“alleged racist comparison”).

Examples

“"How'd your in-laws feel⟳ about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass⟳ the paper bag test⟳ and the comb test⟳, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks."”

“And when I playfully asked him to “hook me up” he simply (and without effort) responded, “Well you’re not really his type⟳. He likes the light⟳ brights.” So I stopped for a minute and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t you know⟳, I still can’t pass⟳ that darn paper bag test⟳.””

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