incognegro

English

Etymology

Blend of incognito +‎ negro.

Adjective

incognegro (not comparable)

  1. Hiding one's blackness.
    • 1995 September 20, R. A. Frederick, “Section 18”, in In-cog-negro‎[1], E & O Press, →ISBN, page 133:
      By Malik's words I knew I had shed my incognegro shell. What was emerging was a black man, a strong black man.
    • 2007, Frank B. Wilderson, III, Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back‎[2], Beacon Press, →ISBN, page title:
      Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back
    • 2018 May 23, Mat Johnson, Incognegro: Renaissance #4‎[3], volume 4, Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues):
      That's the thing: she ain't really a white lady. She's Xavier's cousin. She just going incognegro.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:incognegro.
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