blackstream

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of black +‎ mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her 1971 paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement.

Adjective[edit]

blackstream (not comparable)

  1. (art) Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.

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