Meaning of transblack | Babel Free

Definitions

Identifying as black despite having been born as a member of a different race (typically white).

neologism, not-comparable, rare

Examples

““I do think a more complex label would be helpful, but we don’t really have that vocabulary. I feel like the idea of being trans-black would be much more accurate than ‘I’m white’. Because you know, I’m not white. […]””

“[…] “It will happen someday just because people will declare themselves to be transblack.””

“[…] Was Rachel Dolezal transblack, or just a white woman in blackface?”

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