Blaxit

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/ˈblæɡ.zɪt//ˈblæk.sɪt/

proper noun

A social movement promoting the migration of black people to sub-Saharan Africa from the United States to pursue adventure, career opportunities, etc.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A social movement promoting the migration of black people to sub-Saharan Africa from the United States to pursue adventure, career opportunities, etc.

    The Covid pandemic and the racial reckoning in the wake of the murder of George Floyd led some Black Americans to seek a different way of life abroad, in a movement that some are calling Blaxit.

    [2024 February 16, Colette Coleman, “Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

Blend of black + exit or blend of blax + exit. Coined by human rights consultant Ulysses Burley III, modelled on earlier words like Brexit, Grexit, etc.

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APA

Blaxit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaxit

MLA

“Blaxit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaxit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blaxit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaxit.

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