good black don't crack

A form of black don't crack — People of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with lighter skin.

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  1. alternativeAlternative form of black don't crack.

    “Chile, good black don't crack.” Grandma smiled.

    2015, April Sinclair, Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel, →ISBN
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    “Good black don't crack,” the late Buck O'Neil liked to joke when people complimented Buck's appearance.

    2010, Timothy M. Gay, Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert, →ISBN

    Big Melba says those light ones age quickly and poorly, but good black don't crack.”

    2011, J. Marie Darden, Finding Dignity, →ISBN, page 86

    “You're forty?” I looked him up and down. Damn, forty was looking like that these days? I thought. I guess the old adage good black don't crack was real.

    2016, Noelle Vella, A Weekend Affair, →ISBN
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APA

good black don't crack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20black%20don't%20crack

MLA

“good black don't crack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20black%20don't%20crack. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good black don't crack,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20black%20don't%20crack.

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