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Blaxit en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblæɡ.zɪt/
  • /ˈblæk.sɪt/

Etymology

Blend of black + exit or blend of blax + exit. Coined by human rights consultant Ulysses Burley III, modelled on earlier words like Brexit, Grexit, etc.

Meanings

  1. A social movement promoting the migration of black people to sub-Saharan Africa from the United States to pursue adventure, career opportunities, etc.
    • The Covid pandemic and the racial reckoning in the wake of the murder of George Floyd led some Black Americans to seek a different way of life abroad, in a movement that some are calling Blaxit. [2024 February 16, Colette Coleman, “Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC: