Meanings
plural blackhoods
- countableuncountableThe state or condition of being black (all senses); blackness.
He also arranged a list of twelve secrets of life to help African Americans enjoy their blackhood and lead better lives.
2003, Zekeh S. Gbotokuma, A Pan-African Encyclopedia, volume 2, page 6762 more examples
[…] expression, I'm afraid I do not share the conviction held by very important people, like Aime Cesaire, quoted earlier by Charles, who suggest that there is a kind of brotherhood, call it negritude, call it a blackhood, call it blackness.
1961, Charles J. Patterson, Letters Relating to Africa South of the SaharaHow does blackhood stand against today's leading critical discourse on race and sex that renders black people missing and murdered?
2019, Tryon P. Woods, Blackhood Against the Police Power
Origin
From black + -hood. In some senses perhaps from blend of black + brotherhood. Compare Middle English blakhede (“blackness”), of equivalent formation.
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