Blackface

Created by Unknown User (tjc13), last modified on Nov 24, 2008

noun- term used in reference to "The Blackface Incident" of the Fall 2007 academic semester which brought attention to structural inequalities regarding race on the Geneseo campus.  The incident was sparked when three white students dressed up for Halloween as black rappers, including black face paint.

This entry originally created by T Cardot, 2008.

Comments:

Only one participant identified this term in connection with the Geneseo incident of 2007, rendering the term in connection with Geneseo almost obsolete. K. Andryshak, 2012

Posted by kla8 at Nov 20, 2012 12:35

Based on survey results, 80% of participants could define the word and 20% of participants were familiar with the word. These results indicated that the word is not obsolete (M Gillanders, A-F, 2019).

Posted by meg23 at Apr 15, 2019 12:56

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