Negro up 

to pull yourself together and get through the situation

man, i know times are hard but you better negro up and get your sh_t together

Negro up by W. Darity January 2, 2009

Negro Wake Up Call

When a black person, usually an entertainer or celebrity of some sort, finally realizes that mainstream (white) media will never see them as anything but black and that as soon as it finds a way to rob them of the recognition that they deserve, it will exploit it to the fullest.

A black person who finally understands that we do not live in a post-racial society, usually by experiencing the effects of covert and overt racism first hand.

Something that eventually happens to a new black.

Beyonce finally got her Negro Wake Up Call when she got thrown into the "Urban Contemporary" category at the Grammy's.

Negro Wake Up Call by Camellia_Blossom96 August 6, 2016

uppity negro 

Main Entry: up·pi·ty ne·gro
Pronunciation: 'up + -ity 'nE-(")grO
Function: proper noun
: a fearless black person who by social definition is "not in their place”
:a Black person who is committed to reversing the crimes of self-refusal, self-denial, and self-hatred that are endemic to the Black community and detrimental to the Black psyche
: UNAPOLOGETIC. VAINGLORIOUS. MULTIFARIOUS. JUST AUDACIOUS.

Nelson Mandela, Zora Neal Hurston, and Frederick Douglas are some examples of the uppity negro.

uppity negro by T. Gaston December 7, 2006

uppity negro 

negro who is not hood and goes to meetings and wears a tie and does other things that uppidty white people do also making him an uppity negro.

melissa's uppity negro dad bought chinese food and we ate it and spilt it on the floor just now

uppity negro by Travis Simpson May 4, 2006