"black fragility" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Coined in response to the concept of white fragility. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} black fragility (uncountable)
  1. An alleged tendency on the part of black people to ascribe racism to a wide range of possibly benign words or actions. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-black_fragility-en-noun-NJijYFV8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Black fragility is the quality of being easily damaged or broken—due to a long history of external social pressures. The type of fragility just mentioned is not referring to any inherent weakness in the make-up of Black people because our history tells a very different story."
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          "text": "I have not felt empathy for cosmetic disputes like the use of the word \"owner\" for NBA owners. […] The term \"owner\" is a legal term. It is devoid of race unless one is driven to see race in everything in life. […] Many of these micro-calamities are rooted in Black Fragility, an inability to see beyond slaveholding. I see Black Fragility as the greatest threat to a healthy black culture and consciousness.",
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