Race-bending
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Race-bending is a noun meaning (informal, often derogatory) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity.
Meaning
(informal, often derogatory) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity.
Example Sentences
They stress the challenge that race-bending white rockers posed to the American color line.
Certainly the documented prevalence of online gender- and race-bending would lend strong support to such an interpretation; […
But while gender-bending — and for that matter, race-bending — may indeed "do" important political work, we must approach such performances with caution.
Word Forms
- racebending
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blackwashing, godmoding, play-acting, miscegenation, misgendering, metagaming.
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