"cool pose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cool poses [plural]
Etymology: Coined in the 1990s by Richard Majors and Janet Mancini Billson in Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cool pose (countable and uncountable, plural cool poses)
  1. (sociology) A tough, fearless, aloof attitude said to be adopted by black men as a coping mechanism to deal with racial oppression. Wikipedia link: Cool (aesthetic)#"Cool_Pose" Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology

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