What does blackdar mean?
Blackdar means (slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person..
Blackdar
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person..
Example Sentences
I said I saw predominantly black people in those "most dangerous neighborhoods", and you went on and on about how race is an artificial construct, what if his grandfather was white, yada yada yada, yet now you have no problem identifying the person in the video as a "black woman". How is that? Is it a gift only you have? I have heard of gaydar...you must have blackdar.
She is pegging my High-Maintenance-dar, and my High-Maintenance-dar is almost as good as my cradar and my blackdar.*
(I'd meet her during the party and she didn't set off my Blackdar at all, so that convinced me to stop listening to my Blackdar about the hostess.)
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I said I saw predominantly black people in those "most dangerous neighborhoods", and you went on and on about how race is an artificial construct, what if his grandfather was white, yada yada yada, yet now you have no problem identifying the person in the video as a "black woman". How is that? Is it a gift only you have? I have heard of gaydar...you must have blackdar.
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