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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people..
If Pindell opposes the 'whitewashing' of history, then Walker's is a revisionist blackwashing.
This “blackwashing,” in Hare's opinion, was the work of black studies departments and the black faculty […]
The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder.
Historical writing proliferates in examples of tendentious accounts of national history, where the “whitewashing” of one history goes hand in hand with the “blackwashing” of another.
Use blackwashing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blackwashing means (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include whitewashing.
If Pindell opposes the 'whitewashing' of history, then Walker's is a revisionist blackwashing.
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