transblack

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ black.

Adjective

transblack (not comparable)

1. (rare, neologism, of a person) Identifying as black despite having been born as a member of a different race (typically white).

   Hypernym: transracial

   • 2017 February 25, Decca Aitkenhead, “Rachel Dolezal: ‘I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovel’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “I do think a more complex label would be helpful, but we don’t really have that vocabulary. I feel like the idea of being trans-black would be much more accurate than ‘I’m white’. Because you know, I’m not white. […] ”

   • 2018, Don W. Hill M.D., The Dnr Trilogy: Volume 3: Clinical Justice, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

     […] “It will happen someday just because people will declare themselves to be transblack.”

   • 2019, Zachary Kramer, Outsiders: Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     […] Was Rachel Dolezal transblack, or just a white woman in blackface?