Afrotizing

Afrotizing (Noun): The unwritten advertising industry rule that for every white person in a commercial, you need a specific ratio of Black actors with conspicuous natural hair/afros visible in frame. Started creeping up in the 2010s and became the holy gospel of marketing departments by the early 2020s.

The ratio can only go up, and never down.

There's a mathematical formula advertising nerds use:
• C = white people in frame
• A' = Black people in frame
• A" = total afro radius in inches
• 2025 standard: A' × (1+A") ÷ C must be > 25
• Indexed for afro inflation, 2026’s ratio will become 27.5

For example, you have 1 white actor and 2 Black actors with a 5-inch and 2-inch afro respectively. You're sitting at only a 16 afrotizing ratio and some marketing exec is gonna have a panic attack.

"We had to reshoot the whole Burger Clown commercial because we failed the afrotizing test. Apparently, Karen from accounting wearing an afro wig doesn't count."

"The client rejected our ad because our afrotizing ratio was 16 instead of 25. Now we gotta find someone with a bigger fro or digitally remove the white guy."

"I swear every commercial now looks like they ran it through some afrotizing algorithm. It's so formulaic you can spot the math."

See also: corporate diversity theater, checkbox casting, algorithmic inclusion, marketing mathematics

by Wing Lung and his Camry August 4, 2025

Afrodisiac

Smooth like chocolate on a warm summers day
That sweet brown sugg babe
Kinky like the tendrils that frame your face
Cocoa butter kisses
Silky shades of onyx and mahogany
Pillowy soft bountiful bounce of that body The mystical beauty that is bound to be
Black

Sweet lady my aphrodisiac (Afrodisiac)

by Ancient B October 9, 2025

Xenophobia/Afrophobia

Words by the media and other public figures to label concerned and patriotic South Africans who want their Immigration Law and Labour Laws to be enforced.

After Xenophobia/Afrophobia comes tribalism. It does not stop. - Mmusi Maimane

by Sushifired2030 April 9, 2022

Johnte Afroblanco

The solution to the problem of racism in America. Combines both the best of whites and blacks.

Johnte Afroblanco can save the human race

by Johnte Afroblanco April 25, 2023

not afrotronics

it mean a nigga studying electronics, it also combines nigga and technology to the great Huge Hefner spirit in the clouds with diddytron and oxygen galore for every niggag on plensst earth. The nigga is one of great achivent and great downfall, much like the hebrews they are cursed to great misforuent beacuse of their unability to follow god and that is why they are punished and forced to live in povertty and death beacudse the great kendrick lamamr once said that, in his project DAMN, vlacke people are like the hebrews because they are cursed to punishment and tortret untill they relize they mistakes and lock tf in twin. Untill then, they are forced to live in tourtue and hell untill the end of times is done. Kensdrick lamar and halrey qwiun or i mean uhh drake agree on this (ts) depite they beif with eachother becuase drake is a diddy and thats a big ol no no but kendrick was like nah that aint right, and he wrote multiple disstracks about the whole shituwation and they fought it out word for word but kendrick had actual shit on him

damn niggga you was studious, you was studyin not afrotronics and shit. you on them books and smarts shit

by the darkest April 19, 2025

Critical Afrocentrism Theory

A theoretical synthesis combining Afrocentric perspectives with critical theory's tools for analyzing power, ideology, and oppression. Critical Afrocentrism Theory examines how Eurocentrism functions not just as bias but as power—how Western dominance in knowledge production serves Western dominance in politics and economics, how the marginalization of African perspectives maintains global hierarchies, how the recovery of African knowledge is itself a form of resistance. It uses the tools of critical theory (critique of ideology, analysis of power, attention to marginalization) while centering African experience and agency. Critical Afrocentrism Theory asks not just "what is true?" but "whose truth counts, and why?"—and insists that answers must include African voices.

Example: "Her analysis showed how colonial archives systematically distorted African history—not just accidentally biased, but structured to serve power. Critical Afrocentrism Theory: using critical tools to understand how knowledge serves domination, and how centering Africa challenges it."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory

A theoretical synthesis that brings together Afrocentric perspectives, decolonial analysis, and critical theory to understand and challenge the specific forms of oppression facing African and African diaspora peoples. Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory centers Africa in the analysis of coloniality, examining how the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and ongoing neocolonialism have structured not just African history but the modern world system. It uses decolonial tools to analyze how Western dominance has shaped knowledge about Africa, and Afrocentric tools to recover suppressed perspectives. The synthesis is powerful: decolonial theory provides the framework for analyzing coloniality; Afrocentrism ensures that framework centers African experience; critical theory adds tools for understanding how power operates through ideology, economy, and culture.

Example: "Her work showed how colonial anthropology created 'Africa' as a category of lack—Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory, using multiple critical traditions to understand and challenge a specific history of oppression."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026