Meanings
- informalOnce someone has had sexual intercourse with a black person they will not want to return to having sexual intercourse with nonblack people.
"You really think she likes me?" I asked. "What do you think? You know what they say! Once you go black, you never go back!" Zac said rhythmically.
2005, M. W. Moore, For What I Hate I Do, page 611 more example
Thus our young man of words turns to an ugly American joke told most often by his black compatriots as he searches for the title of his study. “Once you go black, you never go back.” Is it true?
2007, Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black, page 10
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