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racebend en · VERB

Etymology

From race + bend, after the pattern of genderbend.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity.
   • Hollywood does not just innocently “racebend” a few characters for the sake of hiring the best actors. 2014, Anna Lee, "Persons of color need representation in Hollywood", The Falconer (The Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California), Volume 40, Issue 2, 26 September 2014, page A7
   • Similar to [Denzel] Washington racebending to become Julius Caesar for an official production, […] 2015, Kristen J. Warner, “ABC's Scandal and Black Women's Fandom”, in Elana Levine, editor, Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, University of Illinois, →ISBN, page 39:
   • […] in which white Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Stone, respectively – 'racebend' and play characters of Asian descent. 2015, Adolfo Aranjuez, "Power from a Different Perspective: Race, Gender and Grief in Big Hero 6", Screen Education, Number 79, Spring 2015, page 11

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