once you go black en · X
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Clipping of once you go black, you never go back.
Meanings
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(informal) Once a person of another race has a sexual relationship with a black person, implying that they will not return to having sexual relationships with members of the former race.
“What did I say about once you go black?” “Lila, if it was just sex I could understand...”
2014, Sam Leonard, Messenger from God: A Story of Fate and Faith, page 183:Is it true what they say about once you go black . . . .
2009, Carleen Brice, Children of the Waters: A Novel, page 78:He thought of the way she giggled when he told her, “You know what happens once you go black, don't you?”
2020, Angel Ayers, The Throwaways, page 15: