redbone
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- noun
- /ˈrɛdboʊn/
- Slur
- I only like redbone gals.
Examples
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Obama is a successful black man not married to a 'redbone' in my opinion because he was raised by whites and not in the black community.
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A more telling figure would be how many of them are married to "redbones" and white women.
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Unfortunately, this pretty pass for 'redbones' characteristic is endemic among black men.
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I say that to say that we teach each other this characteristic of preferring 'redbones.'
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When I was a young man, I used to tell people that most black principals of elementary and high schools were married to "redbones."
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( Almost all of my childhood flames were 'redbones'.
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Another glaring shortcoming to that statement is how many of those married to black women are married to "redbones."
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Here's a nice-looking redbone man—yellow skin, light brown eyes, intelligent-looking.
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Many people admire her beauty, especially because she is a redbone with a radiant smile.
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The artist often paints portraits of redbone women to celebrate their unique beauty.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word redbone as slang comes from red ('reddish' or light brown) together with bone used as a casual name part. A helpful way to remember it is that people used the colour word to describe a light reddish-brown skin tone, so redbone can mean a person with that complexion, though it is informal and may be sensitive.