blackvoice
English edit
Etymology edit
black + voice, modelled on earlier blackface.
Noun edit
blackvoice (uncountable)
- The adoption by non-black people of black vocabulary, catchphrases, or speech styles.
- Synonym: vocal blackface
- Coordinate term: digital blackface
- 2016, Guadalupe Garcia, Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, page 121:
- In 1838, one playwright in particular emerged as the defining voice of Cuban satire, popularizing the use of blackvoice before blackface made its debut on the theater stage.