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race-bending en · NOUN

Etymology

From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal, often, uncountable) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity
   • They stress the challenge that race-bending white rockers posed to the American color line. 2002, Alice Echols, Shaky Ground: The '60s and Its Aftershocks, New York; Chicester: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 194:
   • But while gender-bending — and for that matter, race-bending — may indeed "do" important political work, we must approach such performances with caution. 2000 September 1, Robert S. Chang, Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, New York; London: NYU Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 124:
   • Certainly the documented prevalence of online gender- and race-bending would lend strong support to such an interpretation; [… 2012 October 2, Mark B. N. Hansen, Bodies in Code: Interfaces with Digital Media, New York; Milton Park: Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 274:

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