blackface: difference between revisions

(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
- 2019, Farah Andrews, “Filipina Actress Liza Soberano Slammed for Mel B 'Blackface'”, in The National News:
  Soberano hit back at Instagram comments, writing, "This is not any form of blackface." But has since backtracked.
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
Synonym of boldface
- 1917, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania‎^[1], →OCLC:
  The laboratory procedure in the most important tests and methods is printed in blackface type for convenience of reference.

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 ==English==
-[[File:Bert Williams blackface 2.jpg|alt=A white comedian with his face caked in black makeup and exaggerated lips, dressed in a tuxedo|thumb|Vaudevillian Bert Williams in blackface, 1921]]
+[[File:Bert Williams blackface 2.jpg|alt=A white comedian with his face caked in black makeup and exaggerated lips, dressed in a tuxedo|thumb|Vaudevillian Bert Williams in '''blackface''', 1921]]
 ===Alternative forms===
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 #* {{quote-journal|en|year=2019|journal=The National News|author=Farah Andrews|title=Filipina Actress Liza Soberano Slammed for Mel B 'Blackface'|passage=Soberano hit back at Instagram comments, writing, "This is not any form of '''blackface'''." But has since backtracked.}}
 # {{lb|en|countable}} A [[sheep]] of the {{w|Scottish Blackface}} [[breed]].
+# {{synonym of|en|boldface}}
+#* {{quote-book|en|url=https://archive.org/details/journalfranklini183fran/page/522/mode/2up?q=blackface|title=Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania|author=Franklin Institute, Philadelphia|oclc=1047505485|year=1917|text=The laboratory procedure in the most important tests and methods is printed in '''blackface''' type for convenience of reference.}}
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