What does "blacksplain" mean?

Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.

Blacksplain

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Verb

1
Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand. slang

Etymology

From black + -splain.

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