"postblack" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From post- + black; coined in the late 1990s. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|black}} post- + black Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postblack (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to a paradoxical form of black racial identity that rejects the notion that race matters. Tags: not-comparable
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