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racebend

verb

Etymology

From race + bend, after the pattern of genderbend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. compounded as racebend — “race + bend”

Definitions

  1. To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or…

    To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity.

    • Hollywood does not just innocently “racebend” a few characters for the sake of hiring the best actors.
    • Similar to [Denzel] Washington racebending to become Julius Caesar for an official production, […]
    • […] in which white Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Stone, respectively – 'racebend' and play characters of Asian descent.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for racebend. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA