• When white actors would paint their faces black to resemble black people. Accompanied by a performance stereotyping them as buffoons.


    Blackface meaning & definition 1 of Blackface.


  • Enhancing or exaggerating your [features] and color of skin to [represent] another race usually in a [offensive] way.

    Blackface meaning & definition 2 of Blackface.


  • A sheep of a breed with a black face.

    Blackface meaning & definition 3 of Blackface.


  • dark make-up worn by a white person in order to look like a black person, or the practice of doing this:

    Blackface meaning & definition 4 of Blackface.


  • Used to refer to the practice of wearing makeup to imitate the appearance of a black person. The use of such makeup was associated with minstrel shows in the United States from the 1830s until the mid 20th century; it is now regarded as highly offensive.

    Blackface meaning & definition 5 of Blackface.

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