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blacktag en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of black + hashtag.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A hashtag used by, or in support of, the black community.
   • At the same time, Evans isn't exactly blown away by the genius of most “blacktags,” which he calls “Ghetto Comedy Voice.” He is slightly bored by them, pointing instead to “white cultural fingerprints” in Internet prose. 2016, Virginia Heffernan, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, page 106:
   • Tweets often include the use of racialized hashtags referred to as “Blacktags” that help broadcast these performances across the Twitter universe. 2016, Kofi Lomotey, Pamela Braboy Jackson, Muna Adem, People of Color in the United States:

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