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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal, often derogatory) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity.
But while gender-bending — and for that matter, race-bending — may indeed "do" important political work, we must approach such performances with caution.
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; […
Use race-bending when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Race-bending means (informal, often derogatory) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But while gender-bending — and for that matter, race-bending — may indeed "do" important political work, we must approach such performances with caution.
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