blackfishing

English

Etymology

From blackfish +‎ -ing.

Verb

blackfishing

  1. present participle and gerund of blackfish

Noun

blackfishing (uncountable)

  1. (slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
    • 2019 February 7, Wil Haygood, “Why Won’t Blackface Go Away? It’s Part of America’s Troubled Cultural Legacy”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2019:
      Judging from not only various records of campus life but also the numerous Instagram accounts of women appearing as "black" personalities — a phenomenon known as "blackfishing" — many do not know better.
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