Meaning of pavement ape | Babel Free

Definitions

A black person.

derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Examples

“Colon, as an Italo-Afro-American, YOU are one of those pavement apes.”

“If the cops have⟳ to kill⟳ him, they will,^([sic]) claim⟳ he committed suicide. Otherwise every pavement ape in Virginia will be out protesting. You know⟳ how they love⟳ their criminals.”

““Dear Black America, 'Let⟳ go of your “black victimhood” and bring⟳ yourself to the point⟳ of admission that “you hoodrats and pavement apes are the ones destroying black lives and communities.” And in closing, “don't blame⟳ Whitey!””

“So, as a "hoodrat" and a "pavement ape," it is believed that I am ontologically those horrible things. Think⟳ here of how the Jews were depicted as "vermin." This is more than racist biology, but a racist metaphysical way of construing the being of Jews.”

“White readers responded to Yancy with angry, profanity-laced denunciations ranging from death threats to comments calling him a “pavement ape” that needed to “go back to Africa” (Yancy, 2018).”

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