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blackie

blackie

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A hurtful racist name used to insult Black people
  • noun
  • Slur
: negrata (ofensivo)

Examples

  • - Go off and die for your blackie friends.

    Gangs of New York (2002)

  • No, you pissed my white ass, blackie!

    Eye for an Eye (1996)

  • You be damned, blackie, we're not bandits.

    Django Unchained (2012)

  • During the meeting, someone used the term blackie as a racial slur, which made everyone uncomfortable.

  • She recalled the painful memories of being called blackie when she was younger, highlighting the hurtful nature of racial slurs.

  • Many people have shared their stories about being insulted with the term blackie, emphasizing the need for change.

Surface Forms

blackie singular
blackies plural

Morphology

blackie = Black + black (semi-transparent) = black + ie

Morphologically derived from 'Black'/'black' + '-ie', so the referential content is clear, but the pejorative, offensive usage is a pragmatic shift not predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

Blackie is formed from black plus the ending -ie, which often makes a name feel 'friendly'. But when people used it for a person of African descent it became an insulting and deeply hurtful racial slur.