Mental blackface

when you cause someone who is not black to think about themselves as black or imagin themselves as a black character.

Mental blackface is telling your asian girlfriend she is like Beyoncé.

by Ehines September 25, 2017

Vocal Blackface

A white person trying to sound black, but fooling nobody.

Iggy Azalea uses vocal blackface when she raps. But we all know she's a white girl from Australia.

by Tha Mudda Fuckin' Grinch March 5, 2015

Autism Blackface

The act of portraying People with Autism in media with highly exaggerated versions of autism stereotypes, often played for comic relief or in a discriminatory fashion.

ex: The Good Doctor, Young Sheldon, Music (2021) by Sia Furler

"Hey do you want to watch Young Sheldon? The way he acts is so awkward and funny!"
"No, I feel weird watching shows with autism blackface."

by Richard s. H. March 4, 2021

digital blackface

when white people use black emojis unironically

Did Jenna just send you a black crying emoji?

Yeah?

Dude, that's digital blackface

by Spencer Ace September 25, 2018

Blackface Hand

The act of painting Black on the "face" of a hand.....to mimic a person of African American origin(s).

#AlexisMason was the first person to ever use "Blackface Hand" on the Internet in September of 2022.

by #AlexisMason September 6, 2022

blackface adjacent

The use of a tasteless caricature of a group of people that isn't quite as racist as blackface, but is still pretty racist, classist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc.

To help raise money for the homeless Melinda and Bill Gates spent the night sleeping in a cardboard box on the streets of downtown Seattle. Some passersby viewed this as an exercise in empathy, while others condemned it as a blackface adjacent publicity stunt.

by Dr. MWF May 16, 2019

digital blackface

The act of having a profile picture of a black person and or acting and behaving like one in text or social media

“She did digital blackface because it was ‘funny’ and literally nobody laughed.”

by meowqth June 18, 2023