adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art. not-comparable

Etymology

Blend of black + mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement (1971).

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